# Fractures at United States Postal Services
> OSHA SIR `2015020083` · 2/26/2015 · BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Services
- **Location:** 72 Laurel Ave, BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07003
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee fell down stairs while delivering mail to a customer, breaking his right upper leg.  Employee was admitted, kept overnight, and had surgery.

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