# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018043281` · 4/5/2018 · SUMMERFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7412 Summerfield Rd., SUMMERFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA, 27358
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was closing a gate on an APC when the secondary safety latch released, causing the upper shelf to fall and strike the middle section, which then fell onto the employee's right hand. The employee's right hand was crushed, suffering a fracture and swelling.

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