Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U. S. Postal Service
Start: 8/22/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087720 · 8/22/2023 · U. S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Elbow(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

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: 24 Corliss Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02904
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reporting to work and stepped over a barricade/guardrail. The barricade caught his foot, causing the employee to trip and fall to the floor. They sustained an elbow injury that required hospitalization.

Source

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