Gunshot wounds

Name: Gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/5/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098134 · 9/5/2023 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Shooting by other person-intentional
Source: Person, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 65 South Main Street, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, 28754
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was sitting in her right-hand drive (RHD) delivery vehicle as someone approached the vehicle. The employee was shot in the head and pulled from the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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