# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017043685` · 4/25/2017 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1111 East Fifth Street, DAYTON, OHIO, 45401
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a bulk mail container when his foot became caught on a strap protruding from a pallet he was passing, causing him to trip and fall. He was hospitalized for a broken left hip.

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