# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20181010137` · 10/1/2018 · REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1201 N. Catalina Avenue, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, 90277
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a gurney hamper, which turned and hit another hamper. The employee's little finger was broken.

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