# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024064880` · 6/3/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Non-riding pallet jack
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 2909 Rogerdale Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77042
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack to move and handle a large gaylord box filled with heavy parcels. The box tilted and fell on the employee, causing her to fall to the ground and twist her left ankle. The employee's ankle was fractured and required hospitalization and surgery.

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