# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - Chisholm Station
> OSHA SIR `2015097106` · 9/25/2015 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Chisholm Station
- **Location:** 2510 S Elizabeth Ave, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67217
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a mail shipment off a delivery truck at the processing center loading dock. A general purpose mail container fell off a scissor lift and struck her, fracturing her left forearm.

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