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.

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

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.

An employee was talking with a customer in their yard while delivering mail when a vehicle on the street lost control and struck the employee, resulting in ligament damage in their right knee and injuries to their neck, back, left thumb, and collarbone.

On September 13, 2025, an employee was delivering mail when they became overheated and had muscle cramps in their legs. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was walking to a customer's door to deliver a package when they tripped on uneven pavement and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was leaving work for the day when he tripped over mulch and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk toward the front entrance of the building to start her work shift. She tripped over uneven pavement and fell onto the concrete sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip and a sprained left knee.

An employee was walking into work through a doorway when she tripped on the door sill and fell to the floor, fracturing her humerus.

An employee was leaving for lunch. The wheel of her knee scooter struck a divot in the floor which caused her to fall into a metal rack. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder.

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 installing PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) piping material for a propane line connection. He was cutting off excess PEX piping material with a PEX cutter. He noticed an unassociated piece of material was in the way of the PEX cutter. He reached up to move the infringing material, and his arm came down on the blade of the PEX cutter resulting in a severe laceration to his arm.

An employee was offroad, looking for a lost hiker. The employee fell off a canyon rim edge and landed on rimrock 5 or 6 feet below, suffering a separated shoulder and a head injury that required stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had been assisting fire crews with an active wildfire. The employee suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was fueling a vehicle when they tripped over the fuel hose and fell to the ground. They were hospitalized with a broken nose and three broken ribs.

A park ranger was attempting to apprehend an individual when the individual fired a rifle at him; the employee was struck in the right foot while returning fire. Two of the employee's toes were amputated.