# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022021029` · 2/2/2022 · DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 805 Club Blvd., DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, 27704
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A city mail carrier was stepping down into a driveway. When he stepped onto a brick retaining wall, its bricks gave way and he fell to the gravel below, suffering a broken right arm and a sprained left knee and ankle. He was hospitalized.

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