U.S. Postal Service - St. Paul Processing & Distribution Center

On November 1, 2016, at 5:50 p.m., an employee fell from a pallet mover to the concrete floor, landing on and fracturing the left hip.

An employee was walking while carrying a tub of mail. The employee's foot got caught on all-purpose container webbing, and the employee fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for a broken rib on the left side and a collapsed left lung.

An employee was making a delivery via bicycle when the basket rod came loose. The employee fell off the bicycle and sustained rib fractures, a wrist injury, and a concussion.

An employee was riding a bike off-site in preparation for an upcoming physical fitness test. The employee encountered a slick spot during the ride and fell off the bike, suffering fractures to the pelvis and right hip socket.

An employee was riding an electric bicycle to get from one production site to another when they tripped and fell, resulting in head trauma.

On July 2, 2022, an employee was riding a mountain bike down a sloped trail. The bike's rear tire washed out on loose gravel at a curve, and the bike crashed. The employee suffered a dislocated hip and a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized.

An employee was riding his electric bicycle in the workplace when he lost control and fell off, fracturing his left knee.

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 walking in a garage toward her delivery vehicle. As she stepped down a curb near her vehicle, she fell and landed on the concrete garage floor, resulting in a hip injury that required hospitalization.

Employees were performing maintenance operations on a railroad line when the machine experienced a load conveyor motor failure. While clearing the machine to allow for repairs, an employee pinned the left side of the swing conveyor. The operator on the right side then requested a slight bump to the left to align the right side for pinning. Once the swing was in position, the operator went to pin the right side and the chain tensioner failed, resulting in an abrupt release of the swing chain. The chain snapped back and struck the operator s right hand, resulting in a 1-inch laceration and a fractured fifth metacarpal. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on the hand.

At about 9:15 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was riding along a hardpack snow-covered roadway on a snowmobile. The snowmobile went over a berm and tipped/rolled, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered a collapsed left lung and was hospitalized.

An employee was decommissioning a substation. The tower switch was being set down on the ground when the switch blade moved. The employee's finger was crushed and amputated.

An employee was struck by a truck and sustained a broken right leg.