# Crushing injuries at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017065301` · 6/9/2017 · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 900 E Fayette Street, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 21233
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the warehouse behind an operational forklift when the forklift backed up and crushed the employee's foot.

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