# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015075222` · 7/29/2015 · MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1292 Gateway Drive, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, 38116
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a package to the door of a residence. When he walked up the steps of the residence, he felt something pop in his hip. He sustained a hairline fracture on the neck of his hip and was hospitalized.

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