# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20181011137` · 10/29/2018 · PORTLAND, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7007 NE Cornfoot Rd, PORTLAND, OREGON, 97218
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier was walking across a lawn when he tripped over a stump and fell to the ground, fracturing his skull and spine.

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