# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015031024` · 3/6/2015 · WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1995 Pleasant St, WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, 27107
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee tripped over a concrete parking barrier while walking back to the delivery truck, breaking his femur.

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