# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - Mesa Center Station
> OSHA SIR `20181112245` · 11/29/2018 · COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Mesa Center Station
- **Location:** 2230 Fairview Road, COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, 92627
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was pulling an empty mail hamper into the building when the employee lost grip of the hamper and fell backwards onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia.

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