# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024087829` · 8/24/2024 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 4025 W. Reno Avenue, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73125
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee parked his box truck at a dock to unload. He went into the building and walked to the wrong dock. He was standing on the bumper of someone else's box truck and was about to open the door to unload when the vehicle started moving. He then fell 3 to 4 feet on to the concrete, breaking his ankle.

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