# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - Duluth P&DF
> OSHA SIR `2022032537` · 3/21/2022 · DULUTH, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Duluth P&DF
- **Location:** 2800 West Michigan Street, DULUTH, MINNESOTA, 55806
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At 10:10 a.m. on March 21, 2022, an employee was loading bubble wrap onto a flatbed truck from a dock. The employee fell between the truck and the dock, landing on the concrete pad below and suffering a thoracic spinal fracture.

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