US Postal Service

An employee was walking down stairs while wearing ice traction shoes when her foot became stuck and she fell to the ground. resulting in a fractured right wrist.

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.

On November 14, 2024, at 1:43 p.m., an employee fell forward to the ground from the fourth step of a residential home while delivering mail. The employee was hospitalized due to head trauma that required sutures and staples.

An employee was walking and delivering mail when they experienced heat cramps and were hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was delivering mail when she was mauled by two dogs, resulting in dog bites to her arms and legs.

An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.

On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.

A letter carrier was delivering mail when a dog attacked him. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was assisting a doctor with treating a dog when the dog bit them on their face near their eye.

An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

An employee was attaching a steel angle plate weighing (approximately 200 pounds) to the end of a structural member (5,000 pounds) and was supported by dunnage. The dunnage was a crane mat (11 inches tall) with a 4x6 board on top of it and it supported five identical members. The main piece was 30.75 feet long, 37.25 feet tall, and 1 food wide. As the employee slid the piece of metal on top of the member to begin attaching it, the entire member began to tip over. The employee went to stop the main piece from tipping over and it landed on his ankle, fracturing it.

An employee was preparing hot melted butter on a flat-top grill and placing it in small containers once it was melted. As she turned to set the container down, it slipped out of her hand and landed on the grill. Butter splashed up and hit her in the face. The employee suffered second-degree burns to her right eye and the right side of her head and face, as well as first-degree burns to her right forearm.

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

An employee reached into a hamper, picked up a package, and was hospitalized with a back injury that caused pain in his lower extremities.

On July 10, 2025, an employee tripped over a yellow pillar and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.