# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019099851` · 9/20/2019 · BELLMAWR, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 421 Benigno Blvd, BELLMAWR, NEW JERSEY, 08031
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving mail from a flat sorter area to a trolley. As he left the flat sorter area, he tripped over an all-purpose-container and fell to the ground, breaking his left hip.

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