# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019088132` · 8/8/2019 · MISHAWAKA, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1216 Jersey Circle, MISHAWAKA, INDIANA, 46544
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While walking across a yard, a mail carrier stepped into a divot concealed by grass. The employee suffered leg fractures and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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