# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2015129181` · 12/4/2015 · MARCUS, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 1309 Cider St, MARCUS, WASHINGTON, 99151
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to apply ice melt to the sidewalks around the post office when she slipped on ice and broke several bones. She was hospitalized.

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