# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020065264` · 6/5/2020 · COHOES, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 19 Hamilton St, COHOES, NEW YORK, 12047
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering mail, an employee was startled by a dog causing him to back up and fall over a rail, landing on the ground 12 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with two skull fractures and a broken wrist.

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