# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018011047` · 1/31/2018 · CLOSTER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 33 Whitney Street, CLOSTER, NEW JERSEY, 07624
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when he slipped on snow and ice and 
fell to the ground, cutting the left side of his head.

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