# Fractures at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017032419` · 3/15/2017 · GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1120 Pleasant Ridge Road, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, 27498
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While operating a stand-up tram or PIT, an employee was hospitalized for a fractured hand after it was caught between the PIT steering wheel and an APU.

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