# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020077117` · 7/29/2020 · BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 533 Wood Lane, BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18031
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail. While stepping out of their vehicle, the employee's ankle twisted and fractured.

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