Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at USPS
Start: 5/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016054719 · 5/29/2016 · USPS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Mailing and metering machines

Employer

Name: USPS
Location: 1601 Crickets Ave., LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79401
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While operating a mail-processing machine, an employee's head became trapped between the equipment and a guard, fracturing the skull, breaking ribs, severing ears, and damaging vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown