# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016065764` · 6/27/2016 · CULPEPER, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 205 S Main Street, CULPEPER, VIRGINIA, 22701
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had delivered a parcel to a house and stepped off the step onto a walkway when she twisted her left ankle. She then tried to catch herself with her right leg and heard a pop. She fractured her right leg in three places and was hospitalized overnight.

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