# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016109577` · 10/11/2016 · KILGORE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 500 North Kilgore Street, KILGORE, TEXAS, 75662
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when she tripped over a water hose. She fell and fractured her left and right wrist.

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