# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2017010713` · 1/25/2017 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Straight ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1 Hog Island Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coming down a straight ladder, missed a rung and fell less than two feet fracturing a knee cap.

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