# Fractures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020021460` · 2/13/2020 · HONOLULU, HAWAII
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 3600 Aolele Street, HONOLULU, HAWAII, 96820
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee tripped on a cone that was covering a hazard on a cafeteria floor. He lost his balance, fell to the floor, got up, slipped, and fell again, breaking his left hip. He was hospitalized.

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