# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2024043590` · 4/25/2024 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 500 W. Chestnut Expressway, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65801
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was returning from lunch when they stepped on a mailbag and fell to the ground, sustaining a broken hip.

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