# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024087104` · 8/5/2024 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structural barriers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1700 CLEVELAND, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64121
- **NAICS:** 519190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extended forklift when it hit a rail. The employee sustained a fractured leg.

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