# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023021017` · 2/1/2023 · OVERTON, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 275 South Moapa Valley Blvd., OVERTON, NEVADA, 89040
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a postal cage from a delivery truck when they fell from the lift gate. The postal cage then fell onto the employee, resulting in a left tibia fracture that required hospitalization.

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