# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025088654` · 8/29/2025 · MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Roadway vehicle  motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 107 The Point Dr, MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28117
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

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