# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025021238` · 2/7/2025 · PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(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:** 735 West Huron Street, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, 48343
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier slipped on an icy surface and fell, suffering a broken right hip.

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