OSHA Injury Report: GARY_1441216

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

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

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.