# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020010983` · 1/30/2020 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 5467 Phantom Drive, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63042
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A USPS employee was pulling a pallet jack when the pallet jack ran over the employee's foot, resulting in multiple broken foot bones and requiring hospitalization.

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