# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024065541` · 6/21/2024 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by door, gate, window
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 3902 Milwaukee Street, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53714
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving the bulk mail carrier (6' x 3' x 6' container) with a pneumatic door when the door came open. The employee was closing the door and their right hand became caught in it. The employee's hand and thumb were crushed resulting in a fractured bone, a nail avulsion, and several lacerations.

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