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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 2019032956 · 3/21/2019 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Lower leg(s)
- Nature of injury
- Crushing injuries
Cause
- Event
- Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- Source
- Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- Secondary source
- Structural elements, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- Location
- 7755 E. 56TH AVE., DENVER, COLORADO, 80266
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was riding a pallet mule when his leg was caught between it and a stanchion. His tibia and fibula were crushed.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown