# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021097678` · 9/7/2021 · WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 95 Sykes Mountain Dr., WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT, 05001
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a stuck pin on a loading dock. The employee fell off the loading dock about 3 feet to the pavement below, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.

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