| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-16 | Tacoma | Wa | U.S. Postal Service | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was sorting large parcels in the large parcel sorting area. The employee moved a gaylord box filled with parcels with a manual pallet jack. The employee was on the front side of the box, pulling down on the upper edge of the cardboard and tipping it over. As she stepped back and was pulling down, her feet slipped out from under her and she fell backward. As she fell, she placed both hands back to catch herself and fractured both wrists. | |||||
| 2021-08-15 | Eureka | Ca | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Nonclassifiable | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was delivering parcels along their route when they were attacked by multiple dogs, resulting in hospitalization due to bite injuries. | |||||
| 2021-08-10 | Casselberry | Fl | Garryowen DSP, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On August 10, 2021, an employee was exiting a delivery van from the side door, carrying a small parcel, when he lost his footing. His left foot struck the ground and he suffered a broken ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-07-01 | San Antonio | Tx | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had been unloading parcels. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration. | |||||
| 2021-06-11 | Claremont | Ca | United Stated Postal Service- La Verne | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A USPS mail carrier was walking to a resident's door with a heavy parcel. As the carrier moved from the side of a carport to reach the front porch, the parcel hit the top of the carport. The carrier fell backward and suffered a broken right fibula, tibia, and ankle. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | La Crosse | Wi | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On June 9, 2021, an employee suffered dehydration while driving a package car, delivering parcels. | |||||
| 2021-05-17 | Durham | Nh | United States Postal Service | Forearm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| A mail carrier was walking back to his truck after delivering a parcel. A dog came out of a house through a dog door, attacked him, and knocked him to the ground. He suffered bites to both forearms and was hospitalized, requiring 40 stitches. | |||||
| 2021-04-15 | Monticello | Ga | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode |
| An employee stepped out of a post office vehicle to deliver a parcel to a residence and twisted their ankle, resulting in a fall and an ankle fracture that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-02-19 | New York | Ny | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - COOPER STATION POST OFFICE | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| At about 1:30 p.m. on February 19, 2021, after delivering a parcel on the second floor of a building, a postal carrier was returning to the first floor to begin delivering letters. He slipped while walking downstairs, landed on his side, and bounced down a few steps, breaking six ribs and his shoulder blade. | |||||
| 2021-02-06 | Columbus | Oh | United States Postal Service | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was delivering a parcel when they slipped on black ice on a driveway and fell, resulting in a fractured right fibula. | |||||
| 2020-07-20 | Willowbrook | Illinois | United States Postal Service | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| At 12:10 p.m. on July 20, 2020, a city mail carrier was delivering a parcel at a front door when a dog charged through the screen door and began to chase him. As he ran from the dog, he fell and his head struck the curb. He suffered a concussion and lost consciousness and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Vandergrift | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on her vehicle's bumper to unload parcels when she fell to the ground resulting in a broken tibia and fibula that required surgery. | |||||
| 2020-03-23 | Libertyville | Illinois | MEDLINE INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS LP | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was wiping the outside of a parcel conveyor system with a rag and cleaner. The system activated and pulled his left hand into the roller and belt. His arm and finger were broken. | |||||
| 2020-02-11 | Tallahassee | Florida | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Hip(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
| An employee was walking up to the front door of a residence to deliver a parcel when he missed the first step leading up to the door, causing him to lose his balance and fall onto his left side on the concrete pavement ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured left hip. | |||||
| 2019-09-06 | Buffalo | New York | U. S. Postal Service | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-08 | Akron | Ohio | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was kneeling down to retrieve parcels from a pallet. The employee's knee gave out and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken foot/ankle. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | East Longmeadow | Massachusett | U. S Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was delivering mail on her route. While walking up to an address to deliver a parcel, she slipped and fell on accumulated snow and ice breaking an ankle. | |||||
| 2019-01-12 | Washington | District Of | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee had just finished delivering a parcel, turned and slipped, and fell down a flight of stairs hitting their head. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured neck bone. | |||||
| 2018-07-20 | Houston | Texas | USPS | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was scanning parcels outside of a delivery address when an axel broke on a large catering truck riding on the freeway and a tire flew off the vehicle, hitting the employee's face, head, and chest. The employee suffered a broken nose, broken ribs on both sides, and broken vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-07-13 | Little Rock | Arkansas | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was out delivering mail and parcels when he started to feel ill because of the heat. He was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2018-06-28 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was delivering parcels and suffered dehydration related to the heat. | |||||
| 2018-03-22 | Pensacola | Florida | USPS | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee left her car to deliver a parcel and was walking through a parking lot when she tripped on a parking bumper and fell to the same level, fracturing her left arm. | |||||
| 2017-09-30 | Morgan City | Louisiana | USPS | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was delivering a parcel at a rural residence when a dog bit the employee's left hand and shoulder, causing lacerations that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-08-01 | Tampa | Florida | U.S. Postal Service | Coccygeal region | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was retrieving a parcel from his truck and lost his footing and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a possible fractured tailbone. | |||||
| 2017-05-27 | El Cajon | California | U.S. Postal Service - Bostonia Station | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee stepped upon a retaining wall to throw a parcel over a fence during a delivery. When she stepped off the wall, she fell and landed on the driveway, breaking her wrist. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Auxvasse | Missouri | US Postal Service | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking to deliver a parcel when he stepped in a puddle and slipped, falling on his right side. He fractured his right femur and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-25 | New Canton | Virginia | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was descending a wet staircase after delivering a parcel when she slipped and fell down the stairs, resulting in a broken right femur. The injury required surgery. | |||||
| 2017-03-16 | Hodgkins | Illinois | UPS | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee suffered a pinky fingertip amputation while retracting the parcel chute that delivers packages into the trailers. | |||||
| 2017-01-17 | Covina | California | U.S. Postal Service - Federal Covina Station | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was delivering parcels to a residence and was struck in the head with a pipe by a burglar. | |||||
| 2017-01-16 | Fort Worth | Texas | USPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Overexertion in throwing-single episode |
| An employee was throwing parcels into carrier separations when he suffered chest pain. | |||||
| 2017-01-02 | Milton | Delaware | United States Postal Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| An employee suffered a back injury (slipped discs) while reaching into the back of the LLV to retrieve a parcel for delivery. | |||||
| 2016-08-05 | Seattle | Washington | U.S. Postal Service | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| While delivering parcels to an office building, and employee fell down stairs and suffered a broken neck and sprained legs and arms. | |||||
| 2016-07-28 | Richmond | California | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a parcel sorting machine when the employee's hand was caught between the open track and dragged under the carriage, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-06-27 | Culpeper | Virginia | US Postal Service | Leg(s) | Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c. |
| An employee had delivered a parcel to a house and stepped off the step onto a walkway when she twisted her left ankle. She then tried to catch herself with her right leg and heard a pop. She fractured her right leg in three places and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2016-05-26 | Weatherford | Texas | United States Postal Service | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was returning to her vehicle after delivering a parcel to the front porch of a house when she rolled her left ankle on the sidewalk. She then lost her balance and fell to the sidewalk, fracturing her right patella. | |||||
| 2015-12-28 | Williamstown | Massachusett | U. S. POSTAL SERVICE | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
| An employee was sorting mail at an indoor facility. She stepped into an open sided cardboard box to retrieve a parcel, tripped when she stepped out of the box, and fell breaking the right hip. She was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-12-15 | Santa Clarita | California | U.S. Postal Service - Santa Clarita | Foot (feet) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| On or about December 15, 2015 at 3:10p.m., a mail handler got her right foot caught in some unsecured netting on a parcel container and twisted her foot resulting in a fracture. | |||||
| 2015-11-21 | Monmouth | Illinois | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A rural carrier delivering a parcel slipped and fell on the ice injuring his hip. | |||||
| 2015-11-02 | Roslindale | Massachusett | United States Postal Service | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was delivering a parcel to a residence and slipped on a mat that extended over the top step and fell down the stairs. The employee fractured lumbar vertebrae without spinal cord injury. | |||||
| 2015-10-31 | Batavia | Illinois | United States Postal Service | Jaw, chin | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| On or about October 31, 2015, an employee was delivering a parcel and was bitten by the homeowner's dog that resulted in hospitalization and 26 stitches to the jaw. | |||||
| 2015-10-18 | Elk Grove Village | Illinois | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On or about 10/18/2015 an employee was attempting to clear a jam in a parcel bundling machine and climbed on top of a rolling wire cage container approximately 41" high x 48" long x 40" wide. The employee slipped from the cage and fell to the floor fracturing their ribs and collarbone. | |||||
| 2015-08-01 | Santa Clarita | California | U.S. Postal Service - Santa Clarita | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee working on the automated parcel bundle sorter machine fell to the floor after tripping on a piece of strapping material. The employee's left arm was injured, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-06-10 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| A parcel driver was hospitalized due to dehydration. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Portland | Oregon | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was hashing parcels when he tripped on a tub and fell on the concrete floor, fracturing his right hip. He required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2015-04-06 | Columbia | Tennessee | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was delivering a parcel at a residence. She went up three steps and handed the package to the resident. When she came down the steps, she tripped and fractured her ankle. The steps were wet at the time. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | Portage | Michigan | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee fell on ice and struck his head while delivering a parcel. | |||||