# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20231110906` · 11/29/2023 · KERRVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 244 Cully Drive, KERRVILLE, TEXAS, 78028
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting cardboard boxes when they fell approximately 4 feet from the dock to the ground below. They sustained a femur fracture.

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