# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017032606` · 3/21/2017 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 5800 Phantom Drive, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63042
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer when his head hit a piece of metal on the trailer. He suffered a head laceration and was hospitalized.

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