# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015096392` · 9/2/2015 · HELLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Embankments
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1321 New Jersey Avenue, HELLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18055
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail in a residential area when a dog chased after him as he crossed the street. He fell down a 5.5-foot retention wall embankment, breaking his pelvis and vertebrae.

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