# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024109287` · 10/4/2024 · CUMMING, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 525 Tribble Gap Road, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30040
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking between two all-purpose containers when they slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured leg and wrist, as well as a head laceration that required seven staples.

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