Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 8/22/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088068 · 8/22/2017 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Stairs, steps-indoors

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1960 South Industrial Road, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 84199
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee climbed up four stairs to a landing, handed a survey to an employee, turned around to go back down, lost his footing, and fell down the four stairs, breaking his right ankle and requiring surgery.

Source

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