Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Postal Fleet Services, Inc., 986 US-171, STONEWALL, LOUISIANA 71078
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was loading mail carts when a cart fell, hitting the employee in both legs and injuring them.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedPlant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
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