# Fractures at USPS Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2018010153` · 1/5/2018 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Center
- **Location:** 1050 Forbell Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11256
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking when her leg became caught in a green strap that was attached to a pallet. She fell and fractured the orbital area of the left side of her face, requiring surgery.

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