# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20241211946` · 12/30/2024 · MEXIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Recessed earth structures
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 100 North McKinney Street, MEXIA, TEXAS, 76667
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to deliver mail and fell into a grass-covered ditch, resulting in a broken right tibia and fibula.

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