Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at United Parcel Service, Inc.
Start: 12/30/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231211755 · 12/30/2023 · United Parcel Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: United Parcel Service, Inc.
Location: 301 EAST OAK AVENUE, LAWNSIDE, NEW JERSEY, 08045
NAICS: 492210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stepping out of a motorized cart/tug when he stepped on the accelerator and fell. The employee sustained a laceration from a metal chute that he struck his leg on and was hospitalized.

Source

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