# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - Los Angeles P&DC
> OSHA SIR `20231211565` · 12/21/2023 · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Los Angeles P&DC
- **Location:** 7001 S. CENTRAL AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90052
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

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