# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2023043525` · 4/19/2023 · DETROIT, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 1401 West Fort Street, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 48233
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On April 19, 2023, an employee was performing maintenance on a mail sorting machine. As he was walking toward the back of the machine, the employee went to step over the tow hook of an electric cart mover and fell to the floor. He sustained facial contusions and a right arm fracture.

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