# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015053243` · 5/28/2015 · KENBRIDGE, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 118 East 5th Ave, KENBRIDGE, VIRGINIA, 23944
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee walking across the work room floor became tangled in plastic shipping straps used to hold boxes on a pallet and fell on the right knee.  The employee was admitted to the hospital for knee surgery.

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