# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016098668` · 9/13/2016 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## 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.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2714 S. 137th E. Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74141
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaning over to place his cell phone in his pocket. As he tried to steady himself with his right elbow against the hallway wall, he missed the wall and fell backwards onto the floor, breaking his upper thigh/hip area.

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