# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024087097` · 8/5/2024 · GARNER, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 267 Timber Drive, GARNER, NORTH CAROLINA, 27529
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier was stepping out of a mail vehicle when she twisted her right foot and fell to the road surface. The employee sustained a fracture to their lower left leg near the ankle.

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