# Bruises, contusions at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2018022060` · 2/27/2018 · MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 813 N. MAIN ST, MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, 48858
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was carrying mark up mail to the CFS station, tripped on the edge of a pallet on the work room floor and fell striking their head and nose on the floor. The employee sustained contusions and bruising to the forehead and nose.

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