Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Name: Cuts and abrasions or bruises at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 11/15/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171111002 · 11/15/2017 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple head locations
Nature of injury: Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1050 Forbell Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11256
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a docking plate getting ready to load a truck when the truck driver moved the truck. The employee fell and hit his head on the docking plate, then fell approximately 10 feet off the plate to the ground. He suffered bruises and cuts on the back of his head, as well as nose and mouth bleeding.

Source

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