# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016020977` · 2/1/2016 · CLYDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 615 Elm St., CLYDE, TEXAS, 79510
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing an air filter from an A-frame ladder.  The employee was on her way down from the ladder when she missed the last step and fell to the ground, fracturing her right hip.

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