Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

Name: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 8/23/2019

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
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown