Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401276

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Event
Gun, Gunshot, Shot, Workplace Violence
NAICS
491110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345577449
Employer profile
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Summary number
221401276
Report ID
0830500

Event description

Employee is killed when shot while delivering mail

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee, a postal worker, was placing mail into a neighborhood cluster mailbox. The employee was approached and shot multiple times. The employee was killed from gunshot wounds.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    355

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