# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - Marshall Post Office
> OSHA SIR `20161110951` · 11/21/2016 · MARSHALL, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Marshall Post Office
- **Location:** 302 West Lyon Street, MARSHALL, MINNESOTA, 56258
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On November 21, 2016, at 12:00 p.m., an employee was walking between a vehicle and the building when the employee slipped on an icy parking lot surface and fell onto the vehicle's trailer hitch, suffering three fractured ribs, a bruised abdomen, and pain in the neck and shoulder.

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