# Fractures at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024076557` · 7/18/2024 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Dogs, canines domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1070 Lilley Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43206
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mail carrier was delivering mail when a dog chased them causing them to fall down a flight of stairs and fracture their right fibula.

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