BRISTOL, VA ·
OSHA Injury Report: BRISTOL_1355891
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BRISTOL_1355891 in 111 6TH ST, BRISTOL, VA 24203 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rural carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BRISTOL_1355891
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 111 6TH ST
- City
- BRISTOL
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 24203
- 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
- 8
Before the incident
casing the mail for dispatch
What happened
Carrier was struck in the eye by the metal end of her light switch string to her case while she was casing mail. The carrier did not request medical at the time and filled out a medical waiver. The carrier was not paying attention and did not report the string was too long.
Injury or illness
Eyes-Center- Irritation
Object or substance involved
pull string for light
Summary line
Foreign body in right eye
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)
- 104
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 180,813
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212418
- Employer case #
- 235846
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:01
- Time of incident
- 15:01
- 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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