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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024010520 · 1/17/2024 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s) unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Stairs, steps
Secondary source
Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified

Employer

Name
U.S. Postal Service
Location
501 Mercier St. SW, WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, 27893
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was on a customer's porch delivering mail. As they walked down the steps to go back to the truck, the employee fell from the last step and sustained a left leg fracture that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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