# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015129535` · 12/16/2015 · WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 49 Sixty Six St, WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, 07093
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A letter carrier was delivering mail to a residence when she fell down the front steps and fractured the left ankle.

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