# Crushing injuries at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2017087563` · 8/8/2017 · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 3300 Elgin Avenue, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 21216
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had dismounted a vehicle when it began to roll. As he was chasing his work vehicle, he was crushed between his vehicle and another vehicle, injuring his torso.

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