GARY, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: GARY_1441216
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at GARY_1441216 in GARY, IN 46401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERK 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
- Flat sorting machine FSM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
sweeping a jam on [REDACTED]
What happened
Clerk at approximately [REDACTED] was working the [REDACTED] and cleared a jam. She put the reject mail away in the recovery bucket flat tub on a metal stand and her right thumb fingernail got caught on the side of the stand and nail was partially removed. She told her supervisor she had a lot on her mind so possible distraction was a cause and she has approximately 2 inch fingernails. Employee may need to wear gloves to cover and protect her fingernails from getting caught on equipment.
Injury or illness
Thumb-Right- Wounding
Object or substance involved
caught right thumb on ther reject bucket
Summary line
right thumb trauma
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
- 157
- Total hours worked
- 264518
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212608
- Employer case #
- 193246
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:01:00.000
- Time of incident
- 16:01:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:23:28:00
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.