# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022021558` · 2/17/2022 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 7801 Day Drive, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44129
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping from a loading dock into a postal vehicle when the top of her head struck the top of the vehicle. She stepped back, slipped, and fell, hitting her back and head on the loading dock. She suffered broken vertebrae in the lower back.

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