# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015129065` · 12/1/2015 · EVENSVILLE, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Mud
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 208 Smyrna Dr, EVENSVILLE, TENNESSEE, 37332
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While delivering mail/packages to a residence that had no sidewalk, an employee slipped in the mud, fell, and broke her right ankle.

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