WORCESTER, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: WORCESTER_1388293
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at WORCESTER_1388293 in 4 E CENTRAL ST, WORCESTER, MA 1613 resulted in days away from work. Employee was city carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WORCESTER_1388293
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 4 E CENTRAL ST
- City
- WORCESTER
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1613
- On-site location
- Customer Property
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
Before the incident
delivering mail and packages
What happened
Employee dropping a package off at the door of [REDACTED] not seeing pit bulls present behind wooden barrier proceeded to pass in front of this area to continue to deliver mail to [REDACTED] when I suddenly noticed an individual standing in front of the back entrance with door opened and 1 Pitbull immediately noticed me and started to run toward me. Seeing this I immediately pivoted to my left abruptly and started to run to my vehicle. Not immediately noticing any injury I realized later in the day some stiffness in my left ankle and discomfort at the bottom of my left foot. After work I began to notice considerable pain and swelling from my foot making it difficult to walk on it without discomfort.
Injury or illness
Foot-Left- Internal Injuries
Object or substance involved
Motion of twisting ankle while running
Summary line
Internal injury to left ankle and bottom of left foot caused from running from a dog
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
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 241
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 487,782
- EIN
- 417600000
- Establishment ID
- 1213242
- Employer case #
- 299923
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-10
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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