# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022043332` · 4/18/2022 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1530 Sabra Ave, TOLEDO, OHIO, 43612
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a snow covered lawn to deliver mail when she slipped on a small hill and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula.

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