# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020054683` · 5/20/2020 · STANFORD, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 503 East Main Street, STANFORD, KENTUCKY, 40484
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was receiving a package from a mail handler. A case the mail handler was leaning on tipped over and struck the employee, breaking a bone in the employee's lower right leg.

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