# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025021515` · 2/15/2025 · PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** 11 Dock Street, PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18640
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 16, 2025, an employee was delivering mail. She walked up to a porch to deliver a parcel, slipped on ice, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg and was hospitalized.

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