# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2017076112` · 7/3/2017 · RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 10 Cross Street, RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, 02368
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering product from a truck. He was pulling on a strap to move the freight when the strap broke, causing him to trip over a pallet jack that was behind him. He fell on the truck's lift gate and then rolled off and fell to the ground, breaking three ribs.

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