Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 8/29/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088654 · 8/29/2025 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Roadway vehicle motorized, unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 107 The Point Dr, MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28117
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

Source

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