# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2015129488` · 12/15/2015 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 223 N. James Street, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66118
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading cars and looking for packages left behind. As he reached into the running equipment his right arm was caught in the pulley and belt, fracturing it. The equipment was not guarded at the time.

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