# Soft tissue injuries  unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024076345` · 7/13/2024 · CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 18 NE 4th Avenue, CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA, 34429
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped backward on a pallet of parcels on the floor as he was pulling a parcel out of a station area. The employee sustained numbness in his back and was hospitalized.

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