# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022065491` · 6/23/2022 · MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 7613 Elmwood Avenue, MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, 53562
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading mail into the back of a truck when another truck backed up and pinned the employee between the two vehicles' bumpers, resulting in lacerations and a broken femur.

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