# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2016032472` · 3/22/2016 · SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-unpaved
- **Secondary source:** Sand, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 6902 E. Vernon, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, 85257
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While walking down a driveway, an employee slipped on loose gravel, fell to the ground, and fractured a hip. The employee was hospitalized.

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