# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016010209` · 1/12/2016 · PORTLAND, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Curbs
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 117 North Meridian Street, PORTLAND, INDIANA, 47371
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While delivering mail in the city, an employee tripped on a snow-covered curb. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the right fibula and tibia near the ankle.

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