# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2021010484` · 1/18/2021 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 401 DFW Turnpike, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75260
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a dock placing a seal on the doors of a truck trailer when the truck pulled away from the dock, causing the employee to fall 3 feet to the ground below and fracture his right shoulder.

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