EVANSVILLE, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: EVANSVILLE_1441214
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at EVANSVILLE_1441214 in EVANSVILLE, IN 47711 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- EVANSVILLE_1441214
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 7100 PETERSBURG RD
- City
- EVANSVILLE
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 47711
- On-site location
- Incoming letter secondary
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
processing mail
What happened
FT mail processing clerk stated he was moving the racks by himself and while moving a rack forward up to the machine the wheel locked up. He then grabbed a hold of the rack to readjust myself. My hand gripped on to the tray slide out causing my right hand to torque backwards and bent back the wrong way causing sharp pain in the wrist and hand area. This has persisted since the accident. The wrist and thumb muscles hurt when flexed or rotated. Also a burning stinging sensation when bearing weight or when pressure is applied.
Injury or illness
Thumb-Right- Wounding |Hand-Right- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
mail rack tray
Summary line
Employee was treated in the emergency room. Dr. [REDACTED] dated [REDACTED] states he may return to work on [REDACTED]. Reason for visit wrist pain and they Xray hand and wrist.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CLERK
- SOC code
- 43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
- NAICS code
- 491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 134
- Total hours worked
- 207516
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212566
- Employer case #
- 188897
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:01:00.000
- Time of incident
- 19:01:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:23:27:00
Source
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.