# Cuts, lacerations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2022010178` · 1/7/2022 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 1200 WARD AVENUE, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19382
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost his balance while walking, fell to the ground, and suffered a deep laceration to the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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