# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE A&DC
> OSHA SIR `2016065374` · 6/16/2016 · MESA, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE A&DC
- **Location:** 2746 E. Encanto Circle, MESA, ARIZONA, 85213
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a package to a residence. She held the package over a wrought iron gate with her right hand then stuck her left arm through the bars of the gate to lower the package to the ground. The gate opened electronically and the employee's upper left arm was caught and fractured in the gate.

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