Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at United States Postal Service
Start: 6/21/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024065541 · 6/21/2024 · United States Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by door, gate, window
Source: Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo
Secondary source: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies

Employer

Name: United States Postal Service
Location: 3902 Milwaukee Street, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53714
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving the bulk mail carrier (6' x 3' x 6' container) with a pneumatic door when the door came open. The employee was closing the door and their right hand became caught in it. The employee's hand and thumb were crushed resulting in a fractured bone, a nail avulsion, and several lacerations.

Source

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