# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20171110640` · 11/4/2017 · HAMPDEN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another  person
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 16 Penobscot Meadow Drive, HAMPDEN, MAINE, 04444
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a letter sorting machine when another employee pushed a rolling rack into his back. He suffered a neck injury and was hospitalized.

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