Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/19/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099797 · 9/19/2019 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1300 E. Northwest Highway, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60095
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was trying to clear a mail jam from a machine when the conveyor pulled his right arm into the machine. He suffered a broken humerus bone to his right arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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