# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2017098961` · 9/19/2017 · MELVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 160 Duryea Rd., MELVILLE, NEW YORK, 11747
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting mail when she tripped on a plastic band and fell to the concrete floor, injuring her hip and requiring hospitalization.

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