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OSHA Injury Report: GARY_1441216

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at GARY_1441216 in 1499 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, GARY, IN 46401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mAIL HANDLER in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
GARY_1441216
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
1499 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR
City
GARY
State
IN
ZIP
46401
On-site location
Workroom Floor

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
33

Before the incident

Waiting on truck to come to unload

What happened

Mail handler was unloading truck by herself pulling out APC 's full of letter trays off the truck that was 100 percent full. The APC 's have to be pulled out first to have room to spin them around to hook onto a power jack that can pull 3 APC 's at a time. On [REDACTED] she felt radiating pain on her neck and down her back. The accident was not reported timely by the employee so a proper investigation was not done. The employee usually wears the proper footwear and there were other people working that could have assisted with the heavy APC 's. employee never asked for any assistance.

Injury or illness

Neck including spine and cervical vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist |Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist

Object or substance involved

heavy loaded apc with trays

Summary line

Pain in back of head going down to arms

Employee and industry

Job description
MAIL HANDLER
SOC code
43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
157
Total hours worked
264518
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212608
Employer case #
250468

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:01:00.000
Time of incident
6:01:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:14:31:00

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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.