# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025054925` · 5/24/2025 · PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
- **Secondary source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 502 Greystone Way, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA, 36066
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping out of their delivery truck when she stepped on an empty water bottle and sustained a broken left ankle.

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