# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at USPS
> OSHA SIR `20241211644` · 12/17/2024 · PLANO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonpressurized containers  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 3400 Coit, PLANO, TEXAS, 75075
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were pushing hampers full of mail to a mail truck. The injured employee was struck in the leg by a wire container that fell out of the other employee's hamper, resulting in a tendon injury.

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