# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017088164` · 8/24/2017 · WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Scales
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 325 Strawberry Field Road, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, 02886
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just walked through two double swinging doors to the mailroom. The employee attempted to cross a floor scale and tripped over the edge of the scale. She fell to the ground and as the double swinging doors swung back through, one of them struck her in the head and fractured her neck.

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