# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024076022` · 7/5/2024 · COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Kidney(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables nonelectrified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 725 Jerusalem Road, COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS, 02025
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the site of a house under construction along his route when he tripped on a wire sticking out of the ground and fell. He scraped his knee and was hospitalized for a kidney injury.

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