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 when they tripped. They extended their right hand to catch themselves and came in contact with a fan blade, resulting in an amputation to their right middle fingertip.

An employee had just completed a visual inspection of a dust collection system. As he turned to leave the area, he stumbled and reached out to catch himself. His arm then landed near the outfeed roller conveyor of the planer machine. The employee sustained a laceration to his right forearm with the skin pulled back that required stitches and a skin graft. The employee also sustained a forehead laceration.

An employee tripped while walking the plant floor, but caught himself before falling. The employee sustained a bulging disc in his back and was hospitalized.

An employee was washing his cement truck when his right foot slipped, causing his ankle to roll and resulting in a fractured right fibula and tibia above the ankle.

An employee twisted a knee while walking. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a possible torn ACL/MCL.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.