# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025021616` · 2/18/2025 · FAIRBORN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 67 West Hebble Avenue, FAIRBORN, OHIO, 45324
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a residence when they slipped on ice and fell down a set of cement steps. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

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