LYNCHBURG, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: LYNCHBURG_1437336
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at LYNCHBURG_1437336 in LYNCHBURG, VA 24506 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cITY CARRIER in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- LYNCHBURG_1437336
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 3300 ODD FELLOWS RD
- City
- LYNCHBURG
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 24506
- On-site location
- Customer Property
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 12
Before the incident
Delivering mail
What happened
Carrier was delivering to a house that had steps leading porch where the mail box is . When carrier heard the man saying no-no to the dog and the carrier tried to shut the gate at the top of the porch and ended up falling off the customers porch at [REDACTED]. Carrier did not report accident until [REDACTED] later after he had went to the doctors and found out he had torn his Achilles.
Injury or illness
Location of injury unspecified-Center- Internal Injuries |Other parts of lower limbs-Right- Internal Injuries
Object or substance involved
porch steps
Summary line
ANKLE INJURY
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CITY CARRIER
- SOC code
- 43-5052 — Postal Service Mail Carriers
- NAICS code
- 491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 137
- Total hours worked
- 324038
- EIN
- 417600000
- Establishment ID
- 1212792
- Employer case #
- 343094
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10FEB2025:19:16:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.