# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2020098857` · 9/17/2020 · LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 338 S. Dixie Hwy, LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, 33460
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading packages into the right side of a mail truck when a garbage truck struck the left rear-end of the mail truck. The impact pushed the mail truck onto the sidewalk and into a building, and the employee was thrown from the truck to the ground. The employee suffered collarbone and head fractures.

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