GARY, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: GARY_1441216
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at GARY_1441216 in 1499 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, GARY, IN 46401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mail handler in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GARY_1441216
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 1499 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR
- City
- GARY
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46401
- On-site location
- Workroom Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 33
Before the incident
Waiting on truck to come to unload
What happened
Mail handler was unloading truck by herself pulling out APC 's full of letter trays off the truck that was 100 percent full. The APC 's have to be pulled out first to have room to spin them around to hook onto a power jack that can pull 3 APC 's at a time. On [REDACTED] she felt radiating pain on her neck and down her back. The accident was not reported timely by the employee so a proper investigation was not done. The employee usually wears the proper footwear and there were other people working that could have assisted with the heavy APC 's. employee never asked for any assistance.
Injury or illness
Neck including spine and cervical vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist |Back including spine and dorsal vertebrae-Center- Sprain Strain Twist
Object or substance involved
heavy loaded apc with trays
Summary line
Pain in back of head going down to arms
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MAIL HANDLER
- SOC code
- 43-5051: Postal Service Clerks
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 157
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 264,518
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212608
- Employer case #
- 250468
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:01
- Time of incident
- 06:01
- 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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