# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2024099017` · 9/26/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trash bin or dumpster interiors
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 4600 Aldine Bender Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee climbed into a dumpster to realign scrap piping so it would not protrude from the dumpster. While in the dumpster he backed up, lost his footing, and fell on sharp scrap metal. The employee sustained a severe laceration to his arm.

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