# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017088068` · 8/22/2017 · SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1960 South Industrial Road, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 84199
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee climbed up four stairs to a landing, handed a survey to an employee, turned around to go back down, lost his footing, and fell down the four stairs, breaking his right ankle and requiring surgery.

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