# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023109171` · 10/4/2023 · LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 45 North Union Avenue, LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19050
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an A-frame ladder to install dock lights while a second employee held the ladder stable. The injured employee fell off of the ladder to the cement floor and sustained an elbow injury.

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