OSHA Injury Report: JOLIET_1368503

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Driving postal vehicle to next delivery

What happened

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] employee contacted [REDACTED] Supervisor at the [REDACTED] Post Office. She stated that she was driving [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] leaving [REDACTED] Post to go to [REDACTED] Post Office [REDACTED] when a Black GMC [REDACTED] truck hit her from behind causing her to roll over into a ditch. The GMC then hit a car hauler causing more damage to his vehicle. When I got out to the accident scene employee was gone to Saint Joseph Hospital in [REDACTED]. The fire department had to pull her out because the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was turned over onto the right hand passenger side. The air bag was deployed and none of the vehicle doors would open. I followed the tow truck to Anderson 's Tow company in [REDACTED] to retrieve the mail. I spoke to the carrier on the phone and she said that she was doing fine. The carrier was release from the hospital at [REDACTED] with a prescription for pain pills. She will return to the doctor on [REDACTED]. She stated that

Injury or illness

Multiple spots of the body affected-Center- Bruise

Object or substance involved

POV struck postal vehicle

Summary line

Lumbar degenerative disc injury due to motor vehicle accident.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.