# Frostbite at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20221211126` · 12/23/2022 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Frostbite
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental cold
- **Source:** Cold-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1911 Monongahela Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15218
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when they were hospitalized for frostbite on six fingers.

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