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OSHA Injury Report: FORT WAYNE_1441215

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at FORT WAYNE_1441215 in FORT WAYNE, IN 46802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mAIL PROCESSING CLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Establishment
FORT WAYNE_1441215
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
1501 S CLINTON ST
City
FORT WAYNE
State
IN
ZIP
46802
On-site location
Other
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

Employee was pulling the letters out of the sorting case and twisting to place them in the 1 2 tray.

FT permanent light duty clerk was working in the manual letters section and pulling down letters and placing them in a half tray she was holding in her right hand. As she was pulling the letters out of the sorting case and twisting to place them in the half tray she felt a burning sensation in her back.

Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist

Employee was twisting and pulling.

Employee was twisting pulling down a manual case and strained muscle in back

Job description
MAIL PROCESSING CLERK
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
162
Total hours worked
300676
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212587
Employer case #
164814
Date of incident
Shift started
22:01:00.000
Time of incident
1:01:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:23:23:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.