# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016043403` · 4/23/2016 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1100 Kings Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32203
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 23, 2016, at 1:00 a.m., an employee was setting a dock board to the back of a trailer. The trailer was not aligned properly with the loading dock bay. As the employee set the dock board, it began to slip. The employee descended from the sliding dock board to the pavement below the loading dock, suffering a compound fracture to his right leg that required hospitalization.

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