Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Name: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 4/12/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019043774 · 4/12/2019 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
Secondary source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 545 Helena Moriah Rd., TIMBERLAKE, NORTH CAROLINA, 27583
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

At about 2:15. p.m. on April 12, 2019, a postmaster was on a back dock as empty all-purpose postal containers were being loaded onto a scissor lift to load onto a truck. As the lift was being raised to the level of the truck, one of the containers rolled off and struck the employee in the back, pinning her against the brick wall. She suffered a 2-inch laceration on the top of her head (requiring five staples), a fractured vertebra in her neck, and a concussion.

Source

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