LAFAYETTE, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: LAFAYETTE_1436196
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at LAFAYETTE_1436196 in 3450 SOUTH ST, LAFAYETTE, IN 47905 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rural carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- LAFAYETTE_1436196
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 3450 SOUTH ST
- City
- LAFAYETTE
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 47905
- On-site location
- Carrier-office work
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Retrieving parcels from the bottom of hamper.
What happened
[REDACTED] Carrier mentioned to SCS that new cloths on SDUS package hampers made getting parcels out of hamper more difficult. The carrier stated that she had to lean into the hamper farther due to the cloths and the prior day it had caused her pain in her back. The carrier mentioned that she thought she had an aggravated sciatic nerve.
Injury or illness
Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
Bending over in hamper.
Summary line
Mobility tolerance Pain LBP listed in Diagnosis
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)
- 192
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 398,462
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212697
- Employer case #
- 232564
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:01
- Time of incident
- 12:01
- 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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