# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service- Processing & Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024032380` · 3/17/2024 · MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wheeled containers, material moving equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack riding
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service- Processing & Distribution Center
- **Location:** 100 South 1st Street, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 55401
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On March 17, 2024, at approximately 11:50 p.m., an employee was operating a ride-on electric pallet jack on the loading dock after loading a truck when he was struck by an all-purpose container (APC) that had fallen off the forks of another electric pallet jack that was being operated nearby. The APC struck the employee in the lower left leg, resulting in a fracture and hospitalization.

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