# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024109298` · 10/4/2024 · HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## 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:** 1037 Main Street, HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01520
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting stock when she tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in hospitalization with fractures to her left wrist and right knee that required surgery.

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