# Fractures at United States Postal Services
> OSHA SIR `2021010204` · 1/8/2021 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Services
- **Location:** 2190 Zip Code Place, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33409
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 6:30 on January 8, 2021, an employee was working on the dock, pulling up a dock plate, when he fell off the dock surface to the roadway. He suffered a broken lower right arm and was hospitalized.

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