NAICS491110Event Fall on same level due to slip or tripSource Other constructed surface
On September 22, 2025, an employee was making a delivery to a home. When walking up the sidewalk to the home, the employee tripped, fell to the ground, and hit her head and face against the concrete. The employee was hospitalized due to a laceration to the face and a fractured orbital socket.
NAICS491110Event Gored, rammed by animalSource Dogs, canines domestic
At about 10:30 a.m. on April 9, 2025, a mail carrier was crossing between homes when a dog jumped on them and knocked them down. The employee's head hit the concrete ground; the employee suffered a head injury and was hospitalized.
NAICS491110Event Fall on same level due to slip or tripSource Other constructed surface
On January 30, 2025, at around 8:45 AM, an employee was in the parking lot loading their vehicle with mail deliveries for the day when they slipped and fell. The employee landed on their arms and knees, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.Hospitalized
On December 23, 2024, an employee slipped on black ice on steps while delivering mail to a residence and fell. The employee sustained a dislocated and torn left knee.
NAICS813312Event Overexertion while moving or manipulating external object(s) n.e.c.Source Back packs
On October 30, 2024, an employee was participating in a pack test (a physical fitness test for employment designed to test the capacity of the employee for arduous work, consisting of a timed 3-mile hike with a 45-pound pack over level terrain). He was about 40 minutes into the test when he felt severe back pain and cramps in his legs and became unconscious. The employee sustained a compression fracture of the T12 vertebra.
NAICS491110Event Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway areaSource Roadway vehicle motorized, unspecified
On May 16, 2024, an employee was painting directional arrows in the parking lot when a customer drove their vehicle into the parking lot and struck the employee, causing internal injuries to the abdomen.
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels Abdomen unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS491110Event Struck by animal unspecifiedSource Dogs, canines domestic
An employee was delivering mail when she was knocked to the concrete ground by dogs, resulting in lacerations to her head and neck. She was hospitalized.
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Head and neckHospitalized
NAICS491110Event Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetSource Step ladders
An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder running network cable over the ceiling tiles in an office. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, sustaining a fracture to his right wrist and a small cut over his right eye that required stiches.
Fractures and surface, flesh wounds Head and extremitiesHospitalized
NAICS491110EventOther fall to lower level, unspecifiedSourceRamps, loading docks, dock plates
On December 4, 2023, an employee had been lowering a dock plate to offload a truck. The truck moved causing the employee to fall from the loading dock to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and internal bleeding.
Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunkChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS491110EventContact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedSourceContainers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
On September 27, 2023, an employee was closing the gate on an APC when the gate reopened and fell back down. The gate struck the employee in the face, fracturing their nose.
FracturesNose, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS491110EventFall on same level due to tripping over an object SourceFloor, n.e.c.
On April 19, 2023, an employee was performing maintenance on a mail sorting machine. As he was walking toward the back of the machine, the employee went to step over the tow hook of an electric cart mover and fell to the floor. He sustained facial contusions and a right arm fracture.
NAICS491110EventPedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedSourceIndustrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
Two employees were unloading mail from a truck at a dock door when a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) struck and pinned the injured employee against a mail container. They sustained a pelvis fracture.
NAICS491110EventPedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway areaSourceHighway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
An employee was delivering mail to a commercial location. A customer's vehicle was moving in reverse and struck the employee, knocking them to the ground. The employee sustained right shoulder, knee, and hip injuries.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injuryMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS115310EventOverexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episodeSourceNonclassifiable
On March 17, 2022, an employee performing a work capacity test was walking with 45 lbs. of weight and began to feel discomfort in his chest resulting in hospitalization.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injuryChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS491110EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceFloors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
On February 17, 2022, a mail carrier had just delivered mail to a residence. The carrier's right foot slipped, due to rain and ice, and hit a brick flower pot; the carrier then fell and suffered two fractures to the right leg. The carrier was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
NAICS491110EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feetSourceDelivery truck or van
On August 23, 2021, an employee tripped and fell out of the passenger side of a postal delivery vehicle, landing on the ground and suffering a broken right leg. The employee was hospitalized.