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53 OSHA severe injury reports matching "U. S. Postal Service".
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 53 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2025 | U. S. Postal Service | DELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | Exposure to environmental heat outdoor | Effects of heat unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 14, 2024 | U. S. Postal Service Baker City | BAKER CITY, OREGON | Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jul 18, 2024 | U. S. Postal Service | COLUMBUS, OHIO | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2024 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS), Petaluma P&DC | PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA | Contact incidents unspecified | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 31, 2024 | U. S. Postal Service | MARIETTA, OHIO | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 16, 2024 | U. S. Postal Service | PORTLAND, OREGON | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Rib(s), oblique area | Hospitalized |
| Nov 21, 2023 | U. S. Postal Service | HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2023 | U. S. Postal Service- Detroit GWY | DETROIT, MICHIGAN | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2023 | U. S. Postal Service | SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 22, 2023 | U. S. Postal Service | PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2023 | U. S. Postal Service | DETROIT, MICHIGAN | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 23, 2022 | U. S. Postal Service | PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA | Exposure to environmental cold | Frostbite | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2022 | U. S. Postal Service | ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 29, 2022 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 25, 2022 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 12, 2022 | U. S. Postal Service | HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 16, 2021 | U. S. Postal Service - SFNDC, Richmond | RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service | CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service | FRANKLINTON, NORTH CAROLINA | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service | ORLANDO, FLORIDA | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | COLFAX, CALIFORNIA | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 23, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service | PRINCESS ANNE, MARYLAND | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service | HOUSTON, TEXAS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 9, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service | COLUMBUS, OHIO | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 9, 2019 | U. S. Postal Service | EVANSTON, ILLINOIS | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2019 | U. S. Postal Service | EVANSTON, ILLINOIS | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2019 | U. S. Postal Service | BUFFALO, NEW YORK | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 30, 2019 | U. S. Postal Service | RICHMOND, TEXAS | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 1, 2019 | U. S. Postal Service | DESTIN, FLORIDA | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 9, 2019 | U. S. Postal Service | CODY, WYOMING | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Aug 22, 2018 | U. S. Postal Service | HOUSTON, TEXAS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 5, 2018 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA | Nonclassifiable | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 6, 2018 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 30, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | WARRENDALE, PENNSYLVANIA | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Dec 20, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | SAINT GEORGE, UTAH | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | MODESTO, CALIFORNIA | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Open wounds, unspecified | Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 14, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | GILMANTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 7, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 19, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | NORTH HIGHLANDS, CALIFORNIA | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat stroke | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 28, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA | Nonclassifiable | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 11, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | MARION, MASSACHUSETTS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jan 2, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service - New Market | NEW MARKET, MARYLAND | Trip on uneven surface without fall | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 19, 2016 | U. S. Postal Service | RIVERTON, ILLINOIS | Fall on same level due to slipping | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 17, 2016 | U. S. Postal Service | WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2016 | U. S. Postal Service | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 5, 2016 | U. S. Postal Service | ERLANGER, KENTUCKY | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Nonspecified injuries and disorders, n.e.c. | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 14, 2016 | U. S. Postal Service | FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Mar 26, 2016 | U. S. Postal Service | EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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