# Fractures at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `20241111027` · 11/27/2024 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 4420 IMESON ROAD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32219
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on steps to clear a package jam on a conveyor belt when the jam broke and they fell 3 feet through an opening in the steps to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the wrist.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*