Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 4/5/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018043281 · 4/5/2018 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 7412 Summerfield Rd., SUMMERFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA, 27358
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was closing a gate on an APC when the secondary safety latch released, causing the upper shelf to fall and strike the middle section, which then fell onto the employee's right hand. The employee's right hand was crushed, suffering a fracture and swelling.

Source

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