# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016076421` · 7/15/2016 · FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 805 Lee State, FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA, 70438
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ladder to retrieve a package in the storage area. She miss-stepped coming down the ladder, fell, and tried to catching herself using her leg. Her leg broke beneath the knee.

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