# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `20191213189` · 12/26/2019 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 1601 E. Mound Road, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 26, 2019, while retrieving mail out of a delivery point sequence rack, an employee tripped over a rack door on the floor. The employee fell backwards and landed on the floor, suffering a broken lower-back vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.

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