# Fractures at USPS Airmail Facility
> OSHA SIR `2024088062` · 8/29/2024 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle or mobile equipment failure
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS Airmail Facility
- **Location:** 156 Paris Street, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64195
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when the truck malfunctioned and stopped suddenly, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee's right hip was broken.

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