# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020109448` · 10/5/2020 · GOFFSTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Sand, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 10 Lance Lane, GOFFSTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03045
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on a route delivering mail an employee stepped out of their LLV onto soft/loose gravel, lost footing, twisted an ankle, and fell to the ground. The employee attempted to brace their fall with their arm which resulted in a broken shoulder blade.

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