# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2020021835` · 2/25/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine platforms
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 5101 Trabue Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a CB antenna on the platform on the side of a tractor-trailer. As the employee descended the platform, he missed a step and fell to the ground onto his back. The employee sustained a back fracture requiring hospitalization.

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