← OSHA severe injury reports

Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021031978 · 3/5/2021 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Delivery truck or van
Secondary source
Street, road, driveway, unspecified

Employer

Name
U.S. Postal Service
Location
15833 Mill Creek Blvd, MILL CREEK, WASHINGTON, 98082
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

At about 4:30 p.m. on March 5, 2021, a U.S. Postal Service employee was stepping out of her postal vehicle in a residential driveway. She lost her footing and fell to the driveway, with her feet moving in opposite directions away from her center of gravity, and broke her right ankle and tibia. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown