GARY, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: GARY_1441216
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at GARY_1441216 in 1499 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, GARY, IN 46401 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was mail handler in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GARY_1441216
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 1499 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR
- City
- GARY
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46401
- On-site location
- Letter sorting machine LSM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Employee was loading mail onto the Low-Cost Tray Sorter.
What happened
FT mail handler stated on [REDACTED] while loading mail onto the Low Cost Tray Sorter a tray got stuck in the feeder of the machine. The machine usually cuts the straps from the trays when it 's not jammed. She stated that she pulled the tray from the feeder of the machine and proceeded to cut the strap from the tray. In the process of cutting the strap from the tray she also cut her left forearm. This resulted in the employee having a deep cut in her arm. I assisted her with cleaning and wrapping the wound.
Injury or illness
Forearm-Left- Wounding
Object or substance involved
Cutter that is used to cut straps.
Summary line
Laceration to left forearm; cutting mail straps
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MAIL HANDLER
- SOC code
- 43-5051: Postal Service Clerks
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 157
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 264,518
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212608
- Employer case #
- 165501
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:01
- 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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