# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017032507` · 3/17/2017 · EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 16 Laurel Drive, EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01027
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a residence and fell down three stairs resulting in a broken right tibia and fibula that required hospitalization.

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