# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2023075903` · 7/3/2023 · BEDFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Curbs
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 1300 Harwood Road, BEDFORD, TEXAS, 76021
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a vehicle when they tripped and fell off a raised curb. They sustained fractures to both arms and a C12 vertebra that required hospitalization.

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