# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018054242` · 5/2/2018 · FERGUSON, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Counters, counter tops
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 12650 W NC Hwy 268, FERGUSON, NORTH CAROLINA, 28624
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee fell from a retail counter while attempting to change a light bulb, suffering fractured vertebrae.

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