# Fractures at U. S. Postal Service- Detroit GWY
> OSHA SIR `2023098923` · 9/27/2023 · DETROIT, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service- Detroit GWY
- **Location:** 1401 West Fort Street, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 48233
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On September 27, 2023, an employee was closing the gate on an APC when the gate reopened and fell back down. The gate struck the employee in the face, fracturing their nose.

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