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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2015010456 · 1/14/2015 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lung(s), pleura
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Pens and pencils

Employer

Name
U.S. Postal Service
Location
1180 East Morton Ave, PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 93257
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

On 1/14/15, an employee on his mail route accidentally swallowed a pen cap. The pen cap traveled to the employee's lung. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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