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OSHA Injury Report: BRISTOL_1355891

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at BRISTOL_1355891 in BRISTOL, VA 24203 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rURAL CARRIER in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Establishment
BRISTOL_1355891
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
111 6TH ST
City
BRISTOL
State
VA
ZIP
24203
On-site location
Carrier-office work
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

casing the mail for dispatch

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.

Eyes-Center- Irritation

pull string for light

Foreign body in right eye

Job description
RURAL CARRIER
SOC code
43-5052 — Postal Service Mail Carriers
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
104
Total hours worked
180813
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1212418
Employer case #
235846
Date of incident
Shift started
8:01:00.000
Time of incident
15:01:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:14:28:00

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.