# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016020981` · 2/2/2016 · CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 9201 Edgeworth Dr., CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND, 20790
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was loading a tractor trailer when the tractor trailer unexpectedly pulled off while he was still inside. He fell approximately 5 feet from the rear of the trailer to the asphalt ground below and landed on his face. His face and chin were lacerated and/or abraded, requiring stitches.

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