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OSHA Injury Report: CHATTANOOGA_1441267

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at CHATTANOOGA_1441267 in 6050 SHALLOWFORD RD, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
CHATTANOOGA_1441267
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
6050 SHALLOWFORD RD
City
CHATTANOOGA
State
TN
ZIP
37421
On-site location
Incoming letter secondary

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

sweeping machine

What happened

Employee was working in automation on [REDACTED] sweeping 2nd pass of his run. As he was grabbing the mail out of the machine to put in the tray he felt excruciating burning in his right hand going up through his wrist and up to his thumb. The burning has not subsided.

Injury or illness

Hand-Right- Sprain Strain Twist

Object or substance involved

grabbing mail

Summary line

Right hand wrist and thumb - Employee was working in automation on [REDACTED] sweeping mail grabbing the mail out of the machine felt excruciating burning in his right hand going up through his wrist and up to his thumb.

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
256
Total hours worked
468283
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212462
Employer case #
229883

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
19:01:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02MAR24:14:27:00

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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.