# Fractures at U.S. postal Service - Pocoshock Creek
> OSHA SIR `2017076462` · 7/13/2017 · RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. postal Service - Pocoshock Creek
- **Location:** 7501 Lady Blair Lane, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 23236
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 13, 2017, an employee stepped out of her vehicle and fell to the ground. She broke her leg and required overnight hospitalization and surgery.

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