OSHA Injury Report: JOLIET_1368503

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Driving postal vehicle to next delivery

What happened

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] employee contacted [REDACTED] Supervisor at the [REDACTED] Post Office. She stated that she was driving [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] leaving [REDACTED] Post to go to [REDACTED] Post Office [REDACTED] when a Black GMC [REDACTED] truck hit her from behind causing her to roll over into a ditch. The GMC then hit a car hauler causing more damage to his vehicle. When I got out to the accident scene employee was gone to Saint Joseph Hospital in [REDACTED]. The fire department had to pull her out because the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was turned over onto the right hand passenger side. The air bag was deployed and none of the vehicle doors would open. I followed the tow truck to Anderson 's Tow company in [REDACTED] to retrieve the mail. I spoke to the carrier on the phone and she said that she was doing fine. The carrier was release from the hospital at [REDACTED] with a prescription for pain pills. She will return to the doctor on [REDACTED]. She stated that

Injury or illness

Multiple spots of the body affected-Center- Bruise

Object or substance involved

POV struck postal vehicle

Summary line

Lumbar degenerative disc injury due to motor vehicle accident.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.