# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2023010604` · 1/19/2023 · KEARNY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 850 NEWARK TURNPIKE, KEARNY, NEW JERSEY, 07099
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 19, 2023, an employee was closing a bay door when the door malfunctioned and struck the employee in the head, resulting in a laceration.

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