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157 OSHA severe injury reports matching "USPS".
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 157 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 19, 2025 | USPS RPDC | INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Amputations involving bone loss | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 9, 2025 | USPS | MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT | Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Head and extremities | Hospitalized |
| Apr 19, 2025 | USPS-Processing & Distribution Center | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2025 | USPS | SALINE, MICHIGAN | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 22, 2025 | USPS | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2025 | USPS Hodge Park Station | KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI | Fall on same level unspecified | Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels | Kidney(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 7, 2025 | USPS | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 17, 2024 | USPS | PLANO, TEXAS | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2024 | USPS | SAINT ALBANS, WEST VIRGINIA | Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" | Fractures and surface, flesh wounds | Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2024 | USPS | HOUSTON, TEXAS | Fall on same level n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 14, 2024 | USPS | DALLAS, TEXAS | Exposure to environmental heat outdoor | Heat exhaustion, fatigue | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 29, 2024 | USPS Airmail Facility | KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI | Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 1, 2024 | USPS | BERNE, INDIANA | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 5, 2024 | USPS | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| Jun 1, 2024 | USPS | NORTHPORT, NEW YORK | Mauled, clawed, scratched by animal | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 22, 2024 | USPS balcones station | AUSTIN, TEXAS | Exposure to environmental heat outdoor | Effects of heat n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| May 9, 2024 | USPS Michigan Metroplex P&DC | PONTIAC, MICHIGAN | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures and surface, flesh wounds | Head and extremities | Hospitalized |
| Apr 25, 2024 | USPS | SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(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 23, 2024 | USPS | YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 14, 2023 | USPS | WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 1, 2023 | USPS | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2023 | USPS West Sacramento | WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 3, 2023 | USPS | BEDFORD, TEXAS | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 12, 2023 | USPS | ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Open wounds, unspecified | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 19, 2023 | USPS | DETROIT, MICHIGAN | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 2, 2023 | USPS Michigan Metroplex P&DC | PONTIAC, MICHIGAN | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Feb 13, 2023 | USPS/ Buffalo PNDC | BUFFALO, NEW YORK | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 30, 2022 | USPS | UPPER DARBY, PENNSYLVANIA | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| 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 |
| Jan 30, 2022 | USPS Milwaukee Priority Annex | OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jan 29, 2022 | USPS Cheshire, CT | CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 3, 2021 | USPS | OMAHA, NEBRASKA | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 12, 2021 | USPS | BUFFALO, NEW YORK | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 18, 2021 | USPS | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 2, 2021 | USPS | NORWELL, MASSACHUSETTS | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2021 | USPS | DALLAS, TEXAS | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 7, 2021 | USPS POST OFFICE | FLORIDA CITY, FLORIDA | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2020 | USPS | MADISON, WISCONSIN | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 23, 2020 | USPS | PATCHOGUE, NEW YORK | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 18, 2020 | USPS | AURORA, ILLINOIS | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 21, 2020 | USPS | MIAMI, FLORIDA | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 21, 2020 | USPS NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2020 | USPS | LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA | Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2020 | U. S. Postal Service (USPS) | COLFAX, CALIFORNIA | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 4, 2020 | USPS | SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 24, 2020 | USPS | BILLINGS, MONTANA | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| 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 |
| Jul 2, 2020 | USPS | LIBERTY, TEXAS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat stroke | BODY SYSTEMS | 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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