# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015118243` · 11/2/2015 · ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor coverings- nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 16 Cummings Highway, ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02131
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a parcel to a residence and slipped on a mat that extended over the top step and fell down the stairs. The employee fractured lumbar vertebrae without spinal cord injury.

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