# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025010375` · 1/13/2025 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 3224 Bristol Hill Drive, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail on a walking route when they slipped on a sheet of ice and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a displaced malleolar fracture of the right ankle.

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