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OSHA Injury Report: DES MOINES NDC_1360742

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at DES MOINES NDC_1360742 in DES MOINES, IA 50395 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mAIL HANDLER in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Establishment
DES MOINES NDC_1360742
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
4000 109TH ST
City
DES MOINES
State
IA
ZIP
50395
On-site location
Workroom Floor
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Working mail on belt

Mail handler states he was working on a belt unclogging a jam of parcel boxes and that when he reached for a box to move the sensor went off unexpectedly. His right pinky finger then became caught between the box and the belt causing injury.

Little finger-Right- Wounding |Little finger-Right- Fracture

parcel machine belt

caught right pinky finger between a box and a belt causing fracture to the finger

Job description
MAIL HANDLER
SOC code
43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
556
Total hours worked
939372
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212530
Employer case #
185330
Date of incident
Shift started
17:01:00.000
Time of incident
18:01:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:23:26:00

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.