# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015011011` · 1/31/2015 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 3733 SW Plaza Dr., TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished delivering a package and was walking down a set of carpeted stairs when the employee tripped. The employee fell down about 4 to 5 stairs and landed on the ankle, fracturing a bone in the lower leg; employee required surgery and a hospital admittance.

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