Tacoma, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: TACOMA_1441460
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at TACOMA_1441460 in Tacoma, WA 98413 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- TACOMA_1441460
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 4001 South Pine Street
- City
- Tacoma
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98413
- On-site location
- Letter sorting machine LSM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 15
Before the incident
Sweeping mail from automated mail sorting machine
What happened
Employee stated that on [REDACTED] she was on one of the DBCS machines. At approximately [REDACTED] she states that she stood up too quickly and felt a tug on her right back side just above her hip. She felt a small sharp pain with a burning sensation. She stopped what she was doing and [REDACTED] the pain stopped. She states she has had pain off and on since [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Act of standing from a bent position
Summary line
Right side back strain due to handling mail trays at the [REDACTED] machine
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
- 243
- Total hours worked
- 427275
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1213140
- Employer case #
- 196377
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:01:00.000
- Time of incident
- 21:01:00.000
- 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.