# Fractures at U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
> OSHA SIR `2020076596` · 7/14/2020 · SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
- **Location:** 1750 Lundy Avenue, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 95101
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On 7/14/2020, an employee on a loading dock was scanning a barcode that was attached to the rear door of a trailer. The employee lost her balance and fell 45 inches from the dock to the cement ground. The employee sustained a broken left arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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