# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - DuQuoin
> OSHA SIR `20201110928` · 11/18/2020 · DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - DuQuoin
- **Location:** 304 East main Street, DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS, 62832
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering a package, a letter carrier fell in a leaf-filled ditch and suffered a broken right upper arm.

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