← OSHA severe injury reports
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
1 hospitalization · 2015107479 · 10/7/2015 · U.S. Postal Service
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Knee(s)
- Nature of injury
- Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Cause
- Event
- Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- Source
- Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- Secondary source
- Stairs, steps-outdoors
Employer
- Name
- U.S. Postal Service
- Location
- 1276 North Highway 47, UNION, MISSOURI, 63084
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
A rural letter carrier injured his knee while descending the steps at a residence. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown