BARRIGADA, GU ·
OSHA Injury Report: BARRIGADA_1439647
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BARRIGADA_1439647 in 489 ARMY DR, BARRIGADA, GU 96913 resulted in days away from work. Employee was clerk in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BARRIGADA_1439647
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 489 ARMY DR
- City
- BARRIGADA
- State
- GU
- ZIP
- 96913
- On-site location
- Parcel sorting machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 42
- Days restricted or transferred
- 57
Before the incident
Processing mail
What happened
nearing the end of my shift after finishing processing the incoming mail my acting supervisor assigned me the task of clearing out and vacuuming our hampers. As I was using the hamper tilter to clear and vacuum the hampers I was bending and reaching into remover leftover dispatch tags and debris from a hamper when I hurt my lower back. I felt pain in my lower back and shooting pain in both legs which got progressively worse after performing this duty. I strained my lower back causing pain in my legs lumbago and sciatica.
Injury or illness
Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Reaching into hamper
Summary line
Low back pain from reaching to bottom of hamper.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CLERK
- SOC code
- 43-5051: Postal Service Clerks
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 103
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 176,469
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212382
- Employer case #
- 177615
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:01
- Time of incident
- 02:01
- 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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