# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019066576` · 6/30/2019 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 380 West 33rd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10199
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a mobile unit postal vehicle. He parked the vehicle and proceeded to dismount it. After exiting the vehicle, he turned to face the vehicle to push in the side mirror and was struck by a customer's car. He sustained lacerations to his head and pelvic region, an abrasion to his right elbow, and pain in his right leg.

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