# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at U.S Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025032569` · 3/18/2025 · MELVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S Postal Service
- **Location:** 160 Duryea Road, MELVILLE, NEW YORK, 11747
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift backed into an employee who was standing on a dock. His left foot was broken and the skin was removed.

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