BELL GARDENS, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: LOS ANGELES CA ISC_1544655
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at LOS ANGELES CA ISC_1544655 in 1 YEAGER WAY, BELL GARDENS, CA 90205 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was bldg equip maint in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- LOS ANGELES CA ISC_1544655
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 1 YEAGER WAY
- City
- BELL GARDENS
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90205
- On-site location
- Aisle/Passageway
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
Doing PM on machine
What happened
I am reporting an injury incurred [REDACTED]. The cause is the expected drop of the steering handle of mule. I was asked by mail processing driver of mule to adjust the steering handle of this equipment. As i was trying to figure out the way to adjust it. I notice a lever at the bottom of the base of the steering handle. As i never adjust this equipment before. I pulled that lever with my left hand while trying to hold the top assembly with my right. As i released it. It suddenly drop as the weight of the top assembly was to great and unexpectantly heavy. My thumb was caught cutting the tip off the skin. I can wiggle my thumb the damage was the skin off the thumb
Injury or illness
Thumb-Left- Bruise
Object or substance involved
The steering leveler on the Mule
Summary line
left thumb lacerated when he caught his thumb in steering leveler.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- BLDG EQUIP MAINT
- SOC code
- 37-2011: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 406
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 661,369
- EIN
- 417600000
- Establishment ID
- 1212784
- Employer case #
- 335827
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- 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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