# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024043659` · 4/26/2024 · MAXWELTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Curbs
- **Secondary source:** Loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 16387 Seneca Trail North, MAXWELTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24957
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping onto the dock platform when she tripped on a curb and fell onto the platform, fracturing her left femur above the knee.

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