# Concussions at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025032312` · 3/11/2025 · BUFORD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 6760 Maple Avenue, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30518
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the side of a belt when the belt jammed. While it was being unjammed, a 24-pound package fell from it and struck the employee's head. The employee suffered a head contusion, a concussion, and pain (in the head and neck) and was hospitalized.

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