# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021097956` · 9/15/2021 · DES MOINES, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1165 2ND AVE, DES MOINES, IOWA, 50318
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on a workroom floor during a power outage, locking up a reasonable accommodation chair. The employee tripped on a guardrail that was lying on the floor, fell into another guardrail, and suffered a broken left shoulder and broken left-side ribs.

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