# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `20191112324` · 11/29/2019 · GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pots, pans, trays
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 18640 Mack Avenue, GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, 48236
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was at the time clock, clocking out to go home, when she stepped back and tripped over three carrying trays and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with three broken bones in the right foot.

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