# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023021592` · 2/18/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** Ybor P & DC, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33605
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 18, 2023, an employee was walking on the north dock by a bay door and fell to the ground. The employee sustained facial lacerations, a fractured right elbow, and contusions to the lower back, hip, and left knee. The employee required surgery.

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