# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2016021223` · 2/9/2016 · ALLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 47 Harvard Avenue, ALLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02134
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering mail at a private residence, an employee slipped on black ice and fell on the stairs.  The employee injured the left ankle and was hospitalized overnight, requiring surgery.

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