# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2016054719` · 5/29/2016 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mailing and metering machines
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 1601 Crickets Ave., LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79401
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a mail-processing machine, an employee's head became trapped between the equipment and a guard, fracturing the skull, breaking ribs, severing ears, and damaging vertebrae.

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