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OSHA Injury Report: DES MOINES Plant_1441091

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at DES MOINES Plant_1441091 in DES MOINES, IA 50318 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERK in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Establishment
DES MOINES Plant_1441091
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
1165 2ND AVE
City
DES MOINES
State
IA
ZIP
50318
On-site location
Letter sorting machine LSM
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7
Days restricted or transferred
46

Sorting mail for delivery

[REDACTED] Employee reports that she cut the gaylord box container to give her access to the letter trays inside and while bending over to retrieve a tray she felt a sharp pain in her lower back.

Location of injury unspecified-Center- Sprain Strain Twist |Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist

bending motions cardboard container

Strain-Back-Bending over gaylord and retrieving mail trays.

Job description
CLERK
SOC code
43-5051 — Postal Service Clerks
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
548
Total hours worked
944764
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212531
Employer case #
219079
Date of incident
Shift started
6:01:00.000
Time of incident
9:01:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:14:25:00

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.