# Fractures at UPS Freight Boarding
> OSHA SIR `2018043673` · 4/17/2018 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Freight Boarding
- **Location:** 500 Busse Road, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on black ice while walking between two parked trailers during a trailer inspection, suffering a hip fracture.

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