# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2023076517` · 7/20/2023 · MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 23800 CACTUS AVENUE, MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 92553
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on an automated mail sorting machine when they tripped over a 2-foot yellow barrier and fell to the concrete ground. The employee sustained injury to the side of their femur.

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