# Bruises, contusions at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016075962` · 7/2/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 41 Tom Landry Freeway, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75260
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling mail out of the dock when the gate from an APC cart fell and struck her on the head. She was hospitalized with a head contusion.

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