# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20171212384` · 12/30/2017 · WARRENDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 51 Pennwood Place, WARRENDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15086
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was serving as an expeditor on a loading dock and checking out a truck driver who had finished his load. The dock door was open and as the truck moved away from the dock, which was approximately 4 feet high, the employee fell off the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a possible tailbone injury.

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