# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016021807` · 2/25/2016 · CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 200 N Main Street, CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN, 49721
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering packages, slipped on ice and fell scraping and cutting his elbow. The employee was later hospitalized for an infection.

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