# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022043162` · 4/11/2022 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 341 9th Avenue, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10199
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 4:25 a.m. on April 11, 2022, an employee was using a powered industrial truck (PIT) to load a pallet of mail onto a 7-ton truck. As she was pressing the button to bring the lift up, the PIT moved and crushed her foot. She suffered a broken left ankle and was hospitalized.

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