YAKIMA, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: YAKIMA_1440190
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at YAKIMA_1440190 in YAKIMA, WA 98903 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cITY CARRIER in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- YAKIMA_1440190
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 205 W WASHINGTON AVE
- City
- YAKIMA
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98903
- On-site location
- Mounted Route Delivery
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
- Days restricted or transferred
- 51
Before the incident
Mounted delivery on city route [REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was stung by a wasp after opening a mailbox that had a wasp hive located below the front of mailbox. While trying to swipe the wasps away he jammed his left thumb against his right arm causing swelling on the palm below his thumb.
Injury or illness
Arm-Right- Bite or Sting |Thumb-Left- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Wasp sting
Summary line
Sprain of left thumb swatting wasp
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CITY CARRIER
- SOC code
- 43-5052 — Postal Service Mail Carriers
- NAICS code
- 491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 149
- Total hours worked
- 304324
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1213243
- Employer case #
- 210486
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:01:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:01:00.000
- 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.