# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017010901` · 1/30/2017 · CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 9201 Edgeworth Drive, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND, 20790
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a fork truck as it backed up resulting in a head and foot injury.

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