# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20241211582` · 12/14/2024 · LAUREL, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 104 West Market Street, LAUREL, IOWA, 50141
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking to the back door of the post office when they slipped on the icy ground due to freezing rain and fell. The employee sustained a torn rotator cuff in their right shoulder and a fractured right hip.

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