# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018099771` · 9/20/2018 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 14080 Jet Ct. Loop, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33913
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a mobile ladder, trying to unjam a machine. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering a broken hip.

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