# Cuts, lacerations at Postal Fleet Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088881` · 8/28/2018 · ROUGEMONT, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Postal Fleet Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 12311 North Roxboro Street, ROUGEMONT, NORTH CAROLINA, 27572
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unloading mail from the back of a truck when he lost his balance and fell approximately 4 feet off the lift gate to the ground, lacerating his scalp, right ear, and right ankle. He was hospitalized and had stitches.

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