# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20191010509` · 10/8/2019 · DES MOINES, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 5103 Ovid Ave, DES MOINES, IOWA, 50310
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

After delivering mail to a residential house, an employee was walking down from the wooden steps when she fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured right ankle.

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