Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Start: 4/11/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021043022 · 4/11/2021 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Bundles, bales

Employer

Name: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Location: 24 CORLISS STREET, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02904
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sorting non-machinable mail into dispatch cages when she tripped on a bundle of magazines that had fallen to the floor. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a left hip bone fracture.

Source

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