Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/26/2019

1 hospitalization · 20190910085 · 9/26/2019 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 5932 West Century Blvd., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90045
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was moving mail across the work floor when a reversing forklift struck the employee. The employee suffered lacerations to the face and a broken ankle.

Source

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