# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service- Scandia Post Office
> OSHA SIR `20201010075` · 10/22/2020 · SCANDIA, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service- Scandia Post Office
- **Location:** 21190 Ozark Avenue N., SCANDIA, MINNESOTA, 55073
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On October 22, 2020, an employee was walking on a snow-covered driveway to deliver a package to a customer's residence when they stepped on a hockey shooting pad, which was beneath the snow, and slipped and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*