OSHA Injury Report: BUFORD CARRIER ANNEX_1356292

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

driving

What happened

The carrier was serving mail at a mailbox when a driver came up behind going at a very fast speed. The driver slammed into the back of the [REDACTED] sending the carrier downhill several hundred feet. The carrier was hit so hard he became unconscious. The [REDACTED] coasted downhill just missing a light pole by 3 feet and then ran into the side of a parked car in a driveway. If it hadn’t had been for this parked car he would have gone through the house. I got to the scene right as [REDACTED] was put into the ambulance. The paramedics said he had a concussion and kept blacking out. I talked to him as they were setting him in the stretcher. He was still somewhat incoherent but he did know who I was. [REDACTED] was taken by ambulance to [REDACTED] Hospital [REDACTED] at [REDACTED]. I contacted his fiancé that went to the hospital. Several tests were performed at the hospital. He was released from the hospital around [REDACTED]. He didn’t have any broken bones but did ha

Injury or illness

Head multiple spots affected-Center- Concussion

Object or substance involved

Vehicle Accident

Summary line

Concussion

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.