# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015010456` · 1/14/2015 · PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pens and pencils
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1180 East Morton Ave, PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 93257
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On 1/14/15, an employee on his mail route accidentally swallowed a pen cap. The pen cap traveled to the employee's lung. The employee was hospitalized.

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