# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20191212476` · 12/4/2019 · DOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **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:** 4228 Beaumont Road, DOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17315
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down steps after delivering a package at a residence when she tripped and fell to the ground, fracturing her left foot.

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