Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at United States Postal Services
Start: 8/15/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087625 · 8/15/2016 · United States Postal Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Stairs, steps-outdoors
Secondary source: Heat-environmental

Employer

Name: United States Postal Services
Location: 3031 Veterans Road West, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10309
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While delivering letters and packages, an employee went up a set of stairs to a customer's house and rang the bell. Suddenly, the employee passed out due to dehydration and fell down the stairs, puncturing his left lung and fracturing a rib. He was hospitalized.

Source

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