# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2015010649` · 1/21/2015 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1821 SOUTH 19TH STREET, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17104
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was walking beside his truck trailer on two inches of snow that was on top of ice. The employee slipped and fell onto his right side. He suffered a broken right fibula. He was taken to the hospital, admitted, and had surgery.

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