# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20191111926` · 11/16/2019 · BOALSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Ground irregularity
- **Secondary source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 110 West Pine, BOALSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16827
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to deliver mail when a dog ran out of the house and chased her. She tripped in a hole in the ground, suffering a broken right knee.

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