# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2016109734` · 10/15/2016 · OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 431 S Market Street, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA, 70570
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the postal vehicle, stepped on a rock and fell to the ground breaking the left hip.

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