# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at USPS Michigan Metroplex P&DC
> OSHA SIR `2024054086` · 5/9/2024 · PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS Michigan Metroplex P&DC
- **Location:** 711 North Glenwood Avenue, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, 48340
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder running network cable over the ceiling tiles in an office. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, sustaining a fracture to his right wrist and a small cut over his right eye that required stiches.

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