# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018010073` · 1/3/2018 · HONOLULU, HAWAII
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 3600 Aolele Street, HONOLULU, HAWAII, 96820
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was collecting rejected mail from a conveyor system and transferring it to another conveyor system using a small mail bin when the bin hit a metal post. Her body then twisted, resulting in a fractured left femur.

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