# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service City of Industry P&DC
> OSHA SIR `2022043207` · 4/12/2022 · CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service City of Industry P&DC
- **Location:** 15421 EAST GALE AVE., CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA, 91715
- **NAICS:** 511140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) to deliver a pallet. As the employee was reversing, the truck struck a guardrail which caused the employee to fall from the PIT and strike his head. The employee sustained a head laceration.

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