# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021031978` · 3/5/2021 · MILL CREEK, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 15833 Mill Creek Blvd, MILL CREEK, WASHINGTON, 98082
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At about 4:30 p.m. on March 5, 2021, a U.S. Postal Service employee was stepping out of her postal vehicle in a residential driveway. She lost her footing and fell to the driveway, with her feet moving in opposite directions away from her center of gravity, and broke her right ankle and tibia. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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