Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Name: Fractures and soft tissue injuries at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 6/3/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025065256 · 6/3/2025 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Straight trucks, box trucks
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 11251 Rancho Carmel Drive, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92199
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when she fell approximately 4 feet from the back of her mail truck. The employee sustained a fractured and dislocated left arm that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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