# Fractures at U.S Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018021172` · 2/5/2018 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S Postal Service
- **Location:** 17 S. Commerce Way, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18020
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot, suffering a fractured vertebra.

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