# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20181112007` · 11/22/2018 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cages, cage racks
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 100 East 8th Street, #105, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to close a metal mail cage when it closed on her right middle digit, lacerating and breaking it.

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