# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015053164` · 5/26/2015 · THORNDALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 107 North 1st Street, THORNDALE, TEXAS, 76577
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee, a rural mail carrier, observed a pick-up truck traveling towards her at a high rate of speed and possibly out of control. She was operating a personal vehicle, and pulled over to avoid the pick-up. The pick-up truck struck the employee's vehicle causing the air bags to deploy. The employee suffered broken ribs.

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