# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2025054351` · 5/8/2025 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine cabin parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 2320 East Bardin Road, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76018
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into a package truck carrying four small packages. He tripped on a transition plate inside the vehicle and fell to the floor, suffering a broken femur. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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