# Cuts, lacerations at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018065486` · 6/5/2018 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 525 8th Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading an all circuit container. The metal, middle shelf fell and hit him on the head causing lacerations.

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