# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022064767` · 6/2/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Cages, cage racks
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 400 Intermodel Parkway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76177
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tug to move mail equipment to various locations. The tug struck a wire cage container and the employee was thrown to the floor, landing on her right side. The employee sustained a broken hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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