# Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2020021381` · 2/11/2020 · TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 3021 Fermaugh St., TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32308
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking up to the front door of a residence to deliver a parcel when he missed the first step leading up to the door, causing him to lose his balance and fall onto his left side on the concrete pavement ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.

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