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OSHA Injury Report: MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER_1442279

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER_1442279 in TOPEKA, KS 66624 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Establishment
MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER_1442279
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
500 SW GARY ORMSBY DR
City
TOPEKA
State
KS
ZIP
66624
On-site location
Workroom Floor
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Clearing a jam

employee was clearing mail from the Kern machine. After clearing the jam as she was closing the lid she did not remove her head striking it on the lid.

Other parts of the head or no further details-Center- Concussion

The lid of the Kern

Concussion head due to closing the machine hitting her head

Job description
CLERK
SOC code
43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
113
Total hours worked
203493
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212813
Employer case #
214559
Date of incident
Shift started
6:01:00.000
Time of incident
14:01:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:14:24:00

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.