Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United States Postal Service
Start: 10/4/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023109171 · 10/4/2023 · United States 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: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: United States Postal Service
Location: 45 North Union Avenue, LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19050
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an A-frame ladder to install dock lights while a second employee held the ladder stable. The injured employee fell off of the ladder to the cement floor and sustained an elbow injury.

Source

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