# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023087720` · 8/22/2023 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 24 Corliss Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02904
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reporting to work and stepped over a barricade/guardrail. The barricade caught his foot, causing the employee to trip and fall to the floor. They sustained an elbow injury that required hospitalization.

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