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Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

1 hospitalization · 2019088769 · 8/23/2019 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source
Parking lot-paved

Employer

Name
U.S. Postal Service
Location
7435 N. Figueroa Street, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90041
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck at the loading dock when the employee fell backwards off the dock to a lower level, striking his head on concrete. He sustained a head laceration requiring stitches, and blood on the brain. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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