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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022076660 · 7/29/2022 · U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- Source
- Manhole and cistern covers
Employer
- Name
- U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
- Location
- 1860 Sierra Gardens Drive, ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 95661
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
A mail carrier had lifted a sewer drain grate to retrieve a scanner. The grate slipped and amputated the tip of the carrier's right little finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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