Fractures

Name: Fractures at US Postal Service
Start: 6/27/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065764 · 6/27/2016 · US Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c.
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: US Postal Service
Location: 205 S Main Street, CULPEPER, VIRGINIA, 22701
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee had delivered a parcel to a house and stepped off the step onto a walkway when she twisted her left ankle. She then tried to catch herself with her right leg and heard a pop. She fractured her right leg in three places and was hospitalized overnight.

Source

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