VALPARAISO, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: VALPARAISO_1385694
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at VALPARAISO_1385694 in 2700 VALPARAISO ST, VALPARAISO, IN 46383 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rural carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- VALPARAISO_1385694
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 2700 VALPARAISO ST
- City
- VALPARAISO
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46383
- 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
- 119
Before the incident
Dismounted vehicle to deliver packages
What happened
Carrier was delivering to his route. He dismounted to deliver two heavy packages for 45 Sager. While delivering one of the packages he had a pain in his left upper back. The pain increased and he started to feel numbness and burning. There are 2-wheeler available for use at the post office. The carrier did not seek assistance in delivering the packages.
Injury or illness
Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Lifting packages
Summary line
Carrier was delivering heavy packages to customer and strained left upper back pain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RURAL CARRIER
- SOC code
- 43-5052: Postal Service Mail Carriers
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 119
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 213,252
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1213179
- Employer case #
- 211181
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:01
- Time of incident
- 14:01
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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