Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121180.015 - Employee trips and breaks hip

Accident Summary Nr: 121180.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 08/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441100.015	10/28/2019		491110	United States Postal Service

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on August 21, 2019, an employee unloaded trays of mail from a 'postcon.' The employee had unbuttoned the front hanging net cover from the postcon and was carrying the trays to another area in the building. Employee tripped over the postcon netting, which had been lying on the floor in front of the postcon and not tucked underneath it. The employee fell onto the two trays of mail that were being carried. The employee sustained a broken hip and was hospitalized to treat the injury.

Keywords: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hip, Postal Worker, Tripped

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1441100.015	54	F	Hospitalized injury

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