# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20161211726` · 12/17/2016 · SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 7755 22 MILE ROAD, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN, 48317
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On December 17, 2016, an employee was walking to deliver a parcel to a residential home when he slipped on an icy driveway and fell to the ground, fracturing his hip.

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