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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

USPS

Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at USPS, 431 S Market Street, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA 70570 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

An employee was exiting the postal vehicle, stepped on a rock and fell to the ground breaking the left hip.

Hospitalized Hip(s) Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

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An employee was unloading his trailer at the dock area when he was struck and run over by a reversing powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was hospitalized with a crushed left heel, a dislocated ankle, and the removal of skin down to the muscle on his calf.

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A mail carrier was delivering mail to a home when a dog broke through a door and bit his head, face, arms, and legs.

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At 11:26 a.m., on January 23, 2025, an employee slipped and fell on ice and injured her right ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

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An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot and fell. The employee was hospitalized.

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An employee was performing maintenance on an automated package processing system when a finger on their left hand became caught in the belt. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the distal fingertip.

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AT & T

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

REYNOLDS FORD NORMAN

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

The Westervelt Company

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

FedEx

A maintenance technician was working to clear a box jam. He slipped while stepping down from a platform and fell about 30 inches onto the grading platform. He fell onto his right hip and was hospitalized with a back injury requiring surgery.

UPS

An employee was unloading packages from a package wall. When he picked up a package and turned to move it, another package on the wall fell. A 3-foot tube on the package struck the employee's right big toe, causing hospitalization with an open displaced fracture of the proximal phalanx of the toe.

Shamrock Foods Delivery, Receiving & Distribution Center

An employee was opening the doors to a trailer while making a delivery when the wind caught the door and their hand was caught in the door. The employee sustained a displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of their left index finger.

UPS

After clearing a jam on a secured conveyor belt, an employee walked back to step down, lost their footing, and fell onto the ground outside a bay door. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their left arm/elbow.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

An employee was performing deliveries when he felt light-headed and experienced cramps. The employee sustained a heat-related illness.

Kisatchie Midnight Express

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

Calvary Industries Inc

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.