# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022054313` · 5/17/2022 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over self
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 900 Brentwood Road, NE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20066
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped while entering a freight elevator and struck his head above the left eye on the elevator's guardrail. He was hospitalized.

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