# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20190910085` · 9/26/2019 · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 5932 West Century Blvd., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90045
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was moving mail across the work floor when a reversing forklift struck the employee. The employee suffered lacerations to the face and a broken ankle.

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