Incident date: 2017-03-23
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was delivering mail. The employee stepped onto the back bumper of the postal vehicle to step inside the vehicle. His foot slipped off of the bumper and he attempted to break his fall using his right arm. The employee suffered several fractures to the right wrist requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate