# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2024010696` · 1/23/2024 · YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 2404 Cedar Terrace, YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57078
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a residence when they slipped on ice and fell in a customer's driveway. The employee fractured her right femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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