# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022054645` · 5/28/2022 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Other client or customer
- **Secondary source:** Baseball bats, hockey sticks, rackets
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1001 California Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15290
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 28, 2022, at 4:24 PM, a postal employee was delivering mail to residences. The employee was facing their mail vehicle when a customer came up from behind and assaulted him with a baseball bat. He sustained a broken arm, a bruised kidney, and injuries that required twenty-three staples to the head.

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