# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2016076884` · 7/28/2016 · RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 2501 RYDIN ROAD, RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, 94804
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on a parcel sorting machine when the employee's hand was caught between the open track and dragged under the carriage, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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