# Frostbite at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20221211118` · 12/22/2022 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Frostbite
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental cold
- **Source:** Cold-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 6921 East 111th Street, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64134
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mail carrier was hospitalized after sustaining frostbite on their hands.

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