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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

U.S. Post Office

Animal and insect related incidents, unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Post Office, 202 Commercial St., DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN 49047 on — Fractures, affecting the thoracic region.

An employee was delivering mail to a residence and was attacked by a dog. The employee fell suffering a fractured back vertebra.

Hospitalized Thoracic region Dogs, canines-domestic

U. S. Post Office

While an employee was exiting a vehicle to deliver mail, the sliding door closed on their middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

U.S. Post Office

On December 7, 2016, an employee fell to the floor while handling mail and suffered a fractured hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

U.S. Post Office

An employee was raising the flag outside of the post office. Two dogs attacked him, causing lacerations on both forearms, knees, and calves. He was hospitalized.

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U.S. Postal Service Whittier

A mail carrier was delivering mail when she was attacked by a dog, causing her to fall to the ground and hit her head on the concrete. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized with a concussion and an internal head injury.

US Postal Service

A dog attacked a mail carrier, who fell backward to the ground while defending herself. She suffered a hairline fracture to the back.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee delivering mail on a route was attacked by a dog from the property.

Hidden Valley Animal Adventure, LLC

A zoo employee was checking on a newborn pygmy zebu calf. The calf's mother attacked the employee, who suffered head and chest injuries and was hospitalized.

United States Postal Service

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

United States Postal Services

An employee was waiting for an operator to bring mail over to a mail sorting machine when she became pinned between the machine and a stack of pallets being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee suffered bruising and swelling on her hips, lower back, knees, and left side; a puncture wound to her left thigh from a machine screw; a crushed right hand with numbness and tingling; numbness to the left big toe; and a right wrist sprain.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee delivered a package. On her way back to her vehicle she was attacked by two dogs that came from around a corner. She was hospitalized with dog bites.

United States Postal Service

An employee was struck by a powered industrial truck while traveling through a staging area. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left foot.

United States Postal Service

On September 22, 2025, an employee was making a delivery to a home. When walking up the sidewalk to the home, the employee tripped, fell to the ground, and hit her head and face against the concrete. The employee was hospitalized due to a laceration to the face and a fractured orbital socket.

U.S. Postal Service

At about 10:30 a.m. on April 9, 2025, a mail carrier was crossing between homes when a dog jumped on them and knocked them down. The employee's head hit the concrete ground; the employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized.

U.S. Postal Service

A mail carrier slipped on an icy surface and fell, suffering a broken right hip.

US Postal Service

On January 30, 2025, at around 8:45 AM, an employee was in the parking lot loading their vehicle with mail deliveries for the day when they slipped and fell. The employee landed on their arms and knees, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.

USPS

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.