# Fractures at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087749` · 8/14/2017 · SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 493 County Avenue, SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY, 07094
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck used to pull carts of packages when she turned hard to the right and fell off the left side of the truck, fracturing her left ankle and requiring surgery.

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