# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20161110443` · 11/5/2016 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2001 N Mattis Ave, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61821
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a dock plate between a semi-trailer and the loading dock when the truck driver moved the trailer away from the dock. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken right leg.

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