# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20241211400` · 12/10/2024 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Constructed surface irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7415 Commonwealth Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a walkie rider pallet jack. When the pallet jack abruptly stopped on a divot in the floor, the employee was thrown to the floor and hospitalized for a lower back injury.

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