# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024098250` · 9/5/2024 · CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Dogs, canines domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 160 East Washington Street, CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO, 44022
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a large parcel to a building. A dog appeared around the side of the garage and the employee ran away, falling into the street. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his right tibia and fibula that required surgery.

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