Fractures

Name: Fractures at US Postal Service
Start: 2/1/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023021017 · 2/1/2023 · US Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Delivery truck or van
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: US Postal Service
Location: 275 South Moapa Valley Blvd., OVERTON, NEVADA, 89040
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was unloading a postal cage from a delivery truck when they fell from the lift gate. The postal cage then fell onto the employee, resulting in a left tibia fracture that required hospitalization.

Source

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