FORT WAYNE, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: FORT WAYNE_1441215
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at FORT WAYNE_1441215 in FORT WAYNE, IN 46802 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- FORT WAYNE_1441215
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 1501 S CLINTON ST
- City
- FORT WAYNE
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46802
- On-site location
- Bar Code Sorter
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Trying to close a shelved APC
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] clerk was dispatching [REDACTED]. He was closing up the top shelf on a DPS cage for 46818. He stated that the latch bar was sticking a little bit and he used some extra force to push it closed and latch it up. In doing so his hand became swollen from using the extra force.
Injury or illness
Hand-Left- Bruise
Object or substance involved
Employee was having trouble closing the upper gate on the APC and struck the gate with his hand
Summary line
Left Hand Contusion resulting from attempting to close a cage with a faulty latch.
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
- 162
- Total hours worked
- 300676
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212587
- Employer case #
- 209202
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:01:00.000
- Time of incident
- 19:01:00.000
- Submitted
- 02MAR24:14:23:00
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.