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
- Rural Route
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
speaking with a customer
What happened
Rural carrier was on her route at [REDACTED] assisting a customer and her back went out and caused pain across her lower back. She stated she wanted to go to the hospital. Employee is pregnant. The carrier was unloading smaller parcels to deliver to the address prior to assisting the customer. She did have on proper footwear.
Injury or illness
Location of injury unspecified-Center- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Employee stated she was speaking with a customer and felt pain across her back.
Summary line
Musculoskeletal 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 #
- 224461
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:01
- Time of incident
- 10:01
- 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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