# Abrasions, scratches at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023043766` · 4/27/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1801 Grant Street, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33615
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking when she was struck in the lower left leg by a forklift backing out of a tractor-trailer. The employee sustained abrasions to the left ankle and foot that required surgery.

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