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OSHA Injury Report: OHDEF - DEFIANCE

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at OHDEF - DEFIANCE in 820 CARPENTER ROAD, DEFIANCE, OH 43512 resulted in days away from work. Employee was package Driver in couriers and Express Delivery Services.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
OHDEF - DEFIANCE
Parent company
United Parcel Service Inc.
Street
820 CARPENTER ROAD
City
DEFIANCE
State
OH
ZIP
43512
On-site location
Package Car Cargo Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
145
Days restricted or transferred
35

Before the incident

Driver was performing cargo door pickup from amada machinery america attempted to climb into truck and accidentally grabbed a tote

What happened

The employee was attempting to step up into the cargo door of the package car the employee attempted to grab the handrail but there was a tote box in the way and he did get a firm grip causing him to fall backwards and hitting the ground

Injury or illness

spinal stenosis of lumbar region without neurogenic claudicationstrain of lumbar regionchronic low back pain with sciatica sciatica laterality unspecified unspecified back painlaterality

Object or substance involved

Ground employee fell to ground surface

Summary line

The employee was attempting to step up into the cargo door of the package car the employee attempted to grab the handrail but there was a tote box in the way and he did get a firm grip causing him to fall backwards and hitting the ground

Employee and industry

Job description
Package Driver
SOC code
43-5021 — Couriers and Messengers
NAICS code
492110 — Couriers and Express Delivery Services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
103
Total hours worked
133736
EIN
582480149
Establishment ID
1106065
Employer case #
2803180761

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:45:00.000
Time of incident
18:45:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:17:29:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.