# Damage to replaced joints at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024109397` · 10/8/2024 · GRAY, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Damage to replaced joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Constructed surface irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 220 Old Gray Station Road, GRAY, TENNESSEE, 37615
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking to his car when he tripped over a board that was secured to the floor of the dock area. His left knee struck the cement dock. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to repair a broken knee.

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