# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2019099744` · 9/17/2019 · SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- **Location:** 3101 W SUNFLOWER AVE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, 92799
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge the lift gate on the rear of a delivery truck. The gate abruptly dropped on the employee's left hand and injured it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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