# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016064822` · 6/1/2016 · UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-unpaved
- **Secondary source:** Sand, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1 Dearth Lane, UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15401
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when she slipped on a gravel driveway and broke her leg, requiring surgery.

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