# Abrasions at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024098757` · 9/19/2024 · MINERAL, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
- **Source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, stone, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 512 Mineral Avenue, MINERAL, VIRGINIA, 23117
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a mail truck to deliver mail when they struck a patch of loose gravel and the vehicle overturned onto its side. The employee suffered leg and ankle pain as well as road burn. The employee was hospitalized.

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