Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-14 | Salt Lake City | Ut | United States Postal Service | Eye(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was delivering mail when a low hanging branch struck his left eye. The eye injury required surgery. | |||||
2019-05-21 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Defense Contract Management Agency | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was leaving the facility when the employee slipped and fell on a wet floor, injuring the left knee. | |||||
2019-04-24 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Hill Air Force Base | Arm(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was walking to a conference and crossing the street when the employee tripped on a curb and fell to the concrete, breaking the left arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-22 | Salt Lake City | Utah | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee climbed up four stairs to a landing, handed a survey to an employee, turned around to go back down, lost his footing, and fell down the four stairs, breaking his right ankle and requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-05-29 | Salt Lake City | Utah | VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was unloading a truck to deliver laundry to a hospital. The tommy gate on the truck he was unloading was approximately 2 inches above the dock. He tripped over the edge of the gate and hit his head against a linen cart. | |||||
2016-08-08 | Salt Lake City | Utah | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee felt dizzy and lightheaded while delivering mail. The employee was hospitalized due to heat stress and kidney failure. | |||||
2016-02-18 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Halverson Company | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee went into the silo to make adjustments on the grain sweep. A coworker did not know that the employee was in the silo and turned on the grain sweep, which lacerated the employee's leg. | |||||
2015-11-23 | Salt Lake City | Utah | US Postal Service | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee was investigating a suspected defective roller on a conveyor belt. The machine must be running to hear defective rollers. His hand was pulled into the machine, and the rollers rolled up onto his forearm. He suffered compound fractures to his radius and ulna and required surgery. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Salt Lake City | Utah | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On August 25, 2015 an employee was admitted to the hospital due to heat stroke. |