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OSHA Injury Report: EVANSVILLE_1441214

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at EVANSVILLE_1441214 in 7100 PETERSBURG RD, EVANSVILLE, IN 47711 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
EVANSVILLE_1441214
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
7100 PETERSBURG RD
City
EVANSVILLE
State
IN
ZIP
47711
On-site location
Incoming letter secondary

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Before the incident

processing mail

What happened

FT mail processing clerk stated he was moving the racks by himself and while moving a rack forward up to the machine the wheel locked up. He then grabbed a hold of the rack to readjust myself. My hand gripped on to the tray slide out causing my right hand to torque backwards and bent back the wrong way causing sharp pain in the wrist and hand area. This has persisted since the accident. The wrist and thumb muscles hurt when flexed or rotated. Also a burning stinging sensation when bearing weight or when pressure is applied.

Injury or illness

Thumb-Right- Wounding |Hand-Right- Sprain Strain Twist

Object or substance involved

mail rack tray

Summary line

Employee was treated in the emergency room. Dr. [REDACTED] dated [REDACTED] states he may return to work on [REDACTED]. Reason for visit wrist pain and they Xray hand and wrist.

Employee and industry

Job description
CLERK
SOC code
43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
134
Total hours worked
207516
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212566
Employer case #
188897

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:01:00.000
Time of incident
19:01:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:23:27:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.