{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/osha/sir/check?name=United%20States%20Postal%20Service","name":"United States Postal Service","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports","generated_at":"2026-10-04T18:33:08.616Z"},"summary":{"total_severe_injuries":301,"amputations":20,"hospitalizations":284,"eye_losses":0},"top_body_parts":[{"body_part_title":"BODY SYSTEMS","n":59},{"body_part_title":"Hip(s)","n":34},{"body_part_title":"Ankle(s)","n":28},{"body_part_title":"Lower leg(s)","n":17},{"body_part_title":"Brain","n":12},{"body_part_title":"Leg(s), unspecified","n":11},{"body_part_title":"Knee(s)","n":11},{"body_part_title":"Thigh(s)","n":10}],"recent_reports":[{"id":"2023098201","event_date":"9/6/2023","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"ARLINGTON","state":"TEXAS","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.","body_part_title":"BODY SYSTEMS","event_title":"Exposure to environmental heat","final_narrative":"An employee was finishing his route for the day when he began to feel ill and experienced cramping. The employee was hospitalized for depleted electrolytes.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2023098201"},{"id":"2023098215","event_date":"9/6/2023","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"MEDINA","state":"OHIO","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Other or unspecified allergic reactions","body_part_title":"BODY SYSTEMS","event_title":"Stings and venomous bites","final_narrative":"An employee was delivering mail at an apartment complex when he was stung multiple times by bees/wasps in the head and body. The employee lost consciousness.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2023098215"},{"id":"2024098250","event_date":"9/5/2024","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"CHAGRIN FALLS","state":"OHIO","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Lower leg(s)","event_title":"Fall on same level  n.e.c.","final_narrative":"An employee was delivering a large parcel to a building. A dog appeared around the side of the garage and the employee ran away, falling into the street. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his right tibia and fibula that required surgery.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2024098250"},{"id":"2019099195","event_date":"9/5/2019","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"COLDWATER","state":"MISSISSIPPI","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Hip(s)","event_title":"Other fall to lower level, unspecified","final_narrative":"An employee fell while exiting her vehicle and broke her hip.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2019099195"},{"id":"2018099187","event_date":"9/5/2018","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"CINCINNATI","state":"OHIO","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Leg(s), unspecified","event_title":"Fall on same level due to tripping over an object","final_narrative":"An employee was attaching a bar to a cart when the employee tripped over the bar and broke a leg.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2018099187"},{"id":"2020099293","event_date":"9/30/2020","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"PIQUA","state":"OHIO","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk","body_part_title":"Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders","event_title":"Other fall to lower level, unspecified","final_narrative":"A postal employee fell down a flight of 5 stairs, suffered a ruptured spleen, and was hospitalized.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2020099293"},{"id":"2022097867","event_date":"9/3/2022","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"JESSUP","state":"PENNSYLVANIA","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Heat exhaustion, prostration","body_part_title":"BODY SYSTEMS","event_title":"Exposure to environmental heat","final_narrative":"An employee had been delivering mail and was overcome by heat. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2022097867"},{"id":"2020099251","event_date":"9/29/2020","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"PORTSMOUTH","state":"VIRGINIA","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Intracranial injuries, unspecified","body_part_title":"Brain","event_title":"Pedestrian vehicular incident, unspecified","final_narrative":"An employee was struck by a vehicle while walking to deliver mail. The employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2020099251"},{"id":"2016099150","event_date":"9/28/2016","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"HOUSTON","state":"TEXAS","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Ankle(s)","event_title":"Fall on same level due to tripping over an object","final_narrative":"While clearing leaves in the back parking lot, an employee tripped on a telephone line that was close to the ground, breaking her right ankle. She was hospitalized for surgery.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2016099150"},{"id":"20180910017","event_date":"9/27/2018","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"CINCINNATI","state":"OHIO","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Cuts, lacerations","body_part_title":"Head, unspecified","event_title":"Fall on same level, n.e.c.","final_narrative":"An employee was tying his shoe when he lost his balance and fell backwards, hitting and lacerating his head on the concrete floor.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/20180910017"},{"id":"2016099131","event_date":"9/27/2016","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"HOUSTON","state":"TEXAS","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds","body_part_title":"Elbow(s)","event_title":"Other animal bites, nonvenomous","final_narrative":"An employee was bitten by a dog on the left elbow as he was delivering mail.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2016099131"},{"id":"2023098826","event_date":"9/25/2023","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"FORT COLLINS","state":"COLORADO","hospitalized":0,"amputation":1,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Amputations","body_part_title":"Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.","event_title":"Other animal bites, nonvenomous","final_narrative":"An employee was delivering mail when they were bitten by a dog, resulting in amputation of their right little finger.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2023098826"},{"id":"2019099851","event_date":"9/20/2019","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"BELLMAWR","state":"NEW JERSEY","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Hip(s)","event_title":"Fall on same level due to tripping over an object","final_narrative":"An employee was moving mail from a flat sorter area to a trolley. As he left the flat sorter area, he tripped over an all-purpose-container and fell to the ground, breaking his left hip.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2019099851"},{"id":"2015096392","event_date":"9/2/2015","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"HELLERTOWN","state":"PENNSYLVANIA","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Multiple trunk locations","event_title":"Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet","final_narrative":"An employee was delivering mail in a residential area when a dog chased after him as he crossed the street. He fell down a 5.5-foot retention wall embankment, breaking his pelvis and vertebrae.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2015096392"},{"id":"2024098757","event_date":"9/19/2024","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"MINERAL","state":"VIRGINIA","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Abrasions","body_part_title":"Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.","event_title":"Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn","final_narrative":"An employee was using a mail truck to deliver mail when they struck a patch of loose gravel and the vehicle overturned onto its side. The employee suffered leg and ankle pain as well as road burn. The employee was hospitalized.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2024098757"},{"id":"2016098818","event_date":"9/17/2016","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"CINCINNATI","state":"OHIO","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds","body_part_title":"Lower leg(s)","event_title":"Other animal bites, nonvenomous","final_narrative":"An employee was bitten by a dog while delivering mail, suffering a puncture wound to the left calf that required surgery.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2016098818"},{"id":"2019099668","event_date":"9/16/2019","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"NORTH LITTLE ROCK","state":"ARKANSAS","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.","body_part_title":"BODY SYSTEMS","event_title":"Exposure to environmental heat","final_narrative":"An employee had been carrying mail on a city route that included driving and walking. After work, the employee had a cardiac event associated with exposure to heat, and was hospitalized.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2019099668"},{"id":"2017098884","event_date":"9/16/2017","employer":"UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE","city":"LITTLE ROCK","state":"ARKANSAS","hospitalized":0,"amputation":1,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Amputations","body_part_title":"Fingertip(s)","event_title":"Other animal bites, nonvenomous","final_narrative":"An employee was delivering mail to a residential home when a dog broke free from his chain, ran into the front yard of the residence and attacked the employee. The employee sustained a right middle fingertip amputation.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2017098884"},{"id":"2023098551","event_date":"9/15/2023","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"LAKE ARROWHEAD","state":"CALIFORNIA","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Fractures","body_part_title":"Lower leg(s)","event_title":"Fall on same level, n.e.c.","final_narrative":"On September 15, 2023, an employee in the collection box area was attempting to hit a bug with a ruler. The bug jumped, causing the employee to jump backward and fall on the floor, twisting her leg in the process. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2023098551"},{"id":"2020098705","event_date":"9/14/2020","employer":"United States Postal Service","city":"SALT LAKE CITY","state":"UTAH","hospitalized":1,"amputation":0,"loss_of_eye":0,"nature_title":"Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds","body_part_title":"Eye(s)","event_title":"Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.","final_narrative":"An employee was delivering mail when a low hanging branch struck his left eye. The eye injury required surgery.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/workplace-injury/2020098705"}]}