# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019022100` · 2/25/2019 · SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 39 Division St, SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08876
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A tree blew over in the wind, striking the arm and head of a postal worker who was delivering mail. The postal worker suffered fractured vertebrae.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*