Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021097956 · 9/15/2021 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1165 2ND AVE, DES MOINES, IOWA, 50318
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was on a workroom floor during a power outage, locking up a reasonable accommodation chair. The employee tripped on a guardrail that was lying on the floor, fell into another guardrail, and suffered a broken left shoulder and broken left-side ribs.

Source

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