# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021010795` · 1/28/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 4600 Aldine Bender Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift backed into an employee as she was walking on a pedestrian walkway in a dock area. She fell to the ground and one of the forklift's rear wheels ran over her left leg and foot. She suffered broken bones in the foot, big toe, and ankle.

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