# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017076088` · 7/1/2017 · RUTHERFORDTON, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over self
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 130 E Court St,, RUTHERFORDTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 28139
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working at a retail counter window when she lost her balance while retrieving a package and fell to the floor, breaking her hip.

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