DES PLAINES, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: DES PLAINES_1360747
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at DES PLAINES_1360747 in 1000 E OAKTON ST, DES PLAINES, IL 60018 resulted in days away from work. Employee was city carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DES PLAINES_1360747
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 1000 E OAKTON ST
- City
- DES PLAINES
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60018
- On-site location
- Public Sidewalk
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 40
Before the incident
delivering mail
What happened
I 'm writing this statement cause [REDACTED] between [REDACTED] I fell on the front stairs entrance of [REDACTED]. What happen was a customer yell out and quickly ran towards which got me distracted. Where I took a wrong step and fell on my Back. The impact on my back wasn 't so bad because I tried to save myself using both of my hands while I was falling back. The impact on my left hand was so had it hurt some my fingers. That are swollen now. I didn 't request any medical attention for [REDACTED] cause I want to see if it gets worst [REDACTED]. Also when I fell I contacted one of the supervisors right away
Injury or illness
Index finger-Left- Fracture
Object or substance involved
stairs
Summary line
Fracture Left Index Finger No use of left hand until cleared by orthopedic doctor to do so.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CITY 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)
- 127
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 259,501
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212532
- Employer case #
- 234743
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:01
- Time of incident
- 03:01
- 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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