# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016054727` · 5/30/2016 · CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2901 Scott Futrell Dr., CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28228
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On May 30, 2016, at approximately 6:50 p.m., an employee was walking on the workroom floor in the automation area when her shoelace became caught on a float tire. She fell to the floor, hitting her right elbow and the joint between her right hip and thigh. She required hospitalization and surgery for a broken hip.

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