Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at UPS
Start: 6/30/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021065338 · 6/30/2021 · UPS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Vehicle struck by falling or flying object-roadway
Source: Delivery truck or van
Secondary source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: UPS
Location: 3 Whipple St., NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03060
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a vehicle down a dirt road when a windstorm caused tree branches to come down all over the road. A branch struck a mirror bracket and glass broke. A piece of glass got into the employee's eye and lacerated the retina.

Source

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