# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021043149` · 4/15/2021 · MONTICELLO, GEORGIA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1062 Tanyard St., MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, 31064
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped out of a post office vehicle to deliver a parcel to a residence and twisted their ankle, resulting in a fall and an ankle fracture that required hospitalization.

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