Incident date: 2023-12-26
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate