# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017010175` · 1/7/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 63 Banks Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10014
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail and climbing snow-covered stairs when she slipped and fell, fracturing her ankle.

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