# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20191213264` · 12/30/2019 · CLARKSTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1808 The Oaks, CLARKSTON, GEORGIA, 30021
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's leg broke at the top of a step while delivering mail, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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