# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2017087960` · 8/18/2017 · SCARBOROUGH, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 79 POSTAL SERVICE WAY, SCARBOROUGH, MAINE, 04074
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While exiting the cab of a tractor-trailer rig, an employee slipped on the step and fell, hitting an adjacent truck and breaking some ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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