Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Start: 9/17/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099744 · 9/17/2019 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
Source: Delivery truck or van

Employer

Name: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Location: 3101 W SUNFLOWER AVE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, 92799
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge the lift gate on the rear of a delivery truck. The gate abruptly dropped on the employee's left hand and injured it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

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