# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
> OSHA SIR `20191011280` · 10/30/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- **Location:** 7415 COMMONWEALTH AVE., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32099
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 30, 2019, an employee was preparing an area to throw bundles of mail underneath the automated parcel bundle sorter. He got on a powered operated pallet jack to move it.  While he was moving the pallet jack, the control handle unexpectedly came up, causing the pallet jack to come to a quick stop. He fell off of the pallet jack and landed on his back on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a fractured back.

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