# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018021347` · 2/8/2018 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1520 20th Aveue, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A employee suffered a T6 vertebra fracture after slipping on ice and falling down residential porch steps.

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