# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2015107775` · 10/18/2015 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cages, cage racks
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 2591 BUSSE RD., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 10/18/2015 an employee was attempting to clear a jam in a parcel bundling machine and climbed on top of a rolling wire cage container approximately 41" high x 48" long x 40" wide.  The employee slipped from the cage and fell to the floor fracturing their ribs and collarbone.

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