# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2018077363` · 7/20/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 2502 North Loop West, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77018
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning parcels outside of a delivery address when an axel broke on a large catering truck riding on the freeway and a tire flew off the vehicle, hitting the employee's face, head, and chest. The employee suffered a broken nose, broken ribs on both sides, and broken vertebrae.

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