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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2019022100 · 2/25/2019 · United States Postal Service
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Nonclassifiable
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- Source
- Trees
- Secondary source
- High winds, gusts, turbulence
Employer
- Name
- United States Postal Service
- Location
- 39 Division St, SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08876
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
A tree blew over in the wind, striking the arm and head of a postal worker who was delivering mail. The postal worker suffered fractured vertebrae.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown