# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2025032820` · 3/26/2025 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
- **Secondary source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 1 Sandy Creek Rd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30331
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping out of a package car when they stepped on a soda or water bottle and fell. The employee sustained a dislocated/fractured right ankle.

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