# Fractures at UPS Freight
> OSHA SIR `2017010136` · 1/6/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Freight
- **Location:** 8500 Hall Street, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the dock helping to load/unload freight into/from trailers. At approximately 2:45 a.m., he attempted to move freight (boxes shrink-wrapped on a pallet) manually when a board became loose and broke away from the pallet, propelling him sideways into a nearby forklift. He broke three ribs and was hospitalized.

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