# Fractures at USPS Miami Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2020066050` · 6/29/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS Miami Distribution Center
- **Location:** 2200 NW 72 Ave, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33152
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a scissor lift to load a truck trailer when the dock plate gave way and the scissor lift tipped over. His foot fell between the plate and the back of the trailer and he suffered a laceration to his lower right shin area and a fractured shoulder requiring hospitalization.

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