# Fractures at Mailing Services of Pittsburgh
> OSHA SIR `2021098036` · 9/17/2021 · BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Mailing Services of Pittsburgh
- **Location:** 21 Naus Way, BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17815
- **NAICS:** 511140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a 1,000-pound roll of paper from a pallet. The pallet broke and the roll turned sideways, fell on her right leg, and broke it. The employee was hospitalized.

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