Fractures

Name: Fractures at United Parcel Service
Start: 5/1/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020054106 · 5/1/2020 · United Parcel Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Packages, parcels
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: United Parcel Service
Location: 605 East McDowell Road, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39204
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was re-taping a large irregular package. The employee's right hand was caught between the package and the package cart, causing two broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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