# Fractures at USPS Mid-Island
> OSHA SIR `2016042785` · 4/3/2016 · MELVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS Mid-Island
- **Location:** 160 Duryea Rd, MELVILLE, NEW YORK, 11747
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near mail transporting equipment when the web on the machine became caught on the employee's right leg, causing a bone fracture.

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