# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016053762` · 5/4/2016 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 500 W Chestnut Expressway, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65801
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder to hang a banner on the exterior of the building. He fell from the ladder and suffered a broken forearm. He was hospitalized for treatment.

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