# Dislocation of joints at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018043266` · 4/5/2018 · BELLMAWR, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 4421 Benigno Blvd, BELLMAWR, NEW JERSEY, 08031
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a mail transporter to a tow motor. He was holding onto an APC (all purpose container), using his foot to connect the second APC to the tow bar, when his foot became tangled in the tow bar and caused him to fall. He held onto the APC to prevent his fall and dislocated his right shoulder, requiring hospitalization.

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