# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20211110181` · 11/26/2021 · PHOENIX, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1141 E. Buckeye Rd., PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 85034
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was removing an over-the-road container from conveyor equipment. The container broke the employee's left index finger.

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