# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024010297` · 1/11/2024 · HUXLEY, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Constructed surface irregularity
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1113 Timberlane, HUXLEY, IOWA, 50124
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail delivery employee was returning to his vehicle when he slipped on some patchy spots in a resident's driveway and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured right leg.

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