# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019065968` · 6/13/2019 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1331 Pin Oak Road, KATY, TEXAS, 77494
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

In a postal facility, an employee tripped over the corner of a wooden platform, fell to the ground, and broke her elbow.

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