# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2018010175` · 1/6/2018 · AMITYVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 176 Oak St., AMITYVILLE, NEW YORK, 11701
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when he slipped and fell while walking down ice- and snow-covered steps at a residence. He suffered two small lower back fractures.

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