# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024010075` · 1/4/2024 · OGALLALA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 405 West R Street, OGALLALA, NEBRASKA, 69153
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mail carrier slipped on ice while stepping from the edge of a driveway onto a road. He fell to the ground and suffered a fracture to his lower leg. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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