SCRANTON, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: SCRANTON_1381046
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at SCRANTON_1381046 in 2800 STAFFORD AVE, SCRANTON, PA 18505 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rural carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- SCRANTON_1381046
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 2800 STAFFORD AVE
- City
- SCRANTON
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18505
- On-site location
- Rural Route
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 18
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
DELIVERING A PACKAGE TO THE CUSTOMER
What happened
Customer was walking her dog who was on a leash at approximately [REDACTED]. Rural carrier was approaching her box to deliver her mail. Rural carrier had an oversized parcel that would not fit in the mailbox; so when the employee went to deliver the package to the customer The dog jumped up and grabbed and bit the employee 's right forearm.
Injury or illness
Forearm-Right- Bite or Sting
Object or substance involved
THE TEETH OF THE DOG
Summary line
DOG BITE TO THE RIGHT FOREARM
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RURAL CARRIER
- SOC code
- 43-5052: Postal Service Mail Carriers
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 124
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 232,367
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1167899
- Employer case #
- 159837
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:01
- Time of incident
- 12:01
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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