AURORA, ILLINOIS—
United States Postal Services
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified · Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries
Final narrative
An employee was waiting for an operator to bring mail over to a mail sorting machine when she became pinned between the machine and a stack of pallets being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee suffered bruising and swelling on her hips, lower back, knees, and left side; a puncture wound to her left thigh from a machine screw; a crushed right hand with numbness and tingling; numbness to the left big toe; and a right wrist sprain.
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