Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service City of Industry P&DC
Start: 4/12/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022043207 · 4/12/2022 · U.S. Postal Service City of Industry P&DC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Guardrails, road dividers

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service City of Industry P&DC
Location: 15421 EAST GALE AVE., CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA, 91715
NAICS: 511140
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) to deliver a pallet. As the employee was reversing, the truck struck a guardrail which caused the employee to fall from the PIT and strike his head. The employee sustained a head laceration.

Source

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