# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018032456` · 3/12/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Escalators
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 8500 Pena Blvd, DENVER, COLORADO, 80249
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flying to a training and fell down an escalator at the airport, breaking three ribs and lacerating a knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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