# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017043686` · 4/25/2017 · POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 15 George Street, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17901
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a delivery route when she stepped out of her truck and onto the edge of a culvert and fell fracturing her left ankle.

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