# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020087533` · 8/10/2020 · FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7500 West Roosevelt Road, FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS, 60130
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 10, 2020, at approximately 1:30 a.m., an employee fell to the floor while loading a mail container. The employee's foot became caught in the strip of the container and the employee sustained a fractured right hip.

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