# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025010902` · 1/28/2025 · HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 502 Wysteria Way, HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK, 14845
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a sidewalk delivering mail when they slipped on ice and fell, sustaining a broken right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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