# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20181112200` · 11/28/2018 · SUFFERN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 15 Chestnut Street, SUFFERN, NEW YORK, 10901
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After delivering mail, a letter carrier returned to the post office and was lifting 10- to 15-pound tubs and pulling trays. His lower back seized up and he was hospitalized.

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