Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/13/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021097858 · 9/13/2021 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1001 California Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15290
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the arm controller tensioner on a machine. As he pulled his right hand back, it struck a guard, which lacerated the back of the hand.

Source

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