Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at USPS
Start: 9/26/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024099017 · 9/26/2024 · USPS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level n.e.c.
Source: Trash bin or dumpster interiors
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: USPS
Location: 4600 Aldine Bender Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee climbed into a dumpster to realign scrap piping so it would not protrude from the dumpster. While in the dumpster he backed up, lost his footing, and fell on sharp scrap metal. The employee sustained a severe laceration to his arm.

Source

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