ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.

An employee was making a delivery. While working to offload a skid, the employee fell off the liftgate and landed on the ground, sustaining a fractured right ankle.

An employee was loading freight. They went to push the freight while standing on the forks of a forklift. The employee fell off the forks and struck the forks, sustaining broken ribs and a laceration behind an ear.

An employee was delivering freight when they were struck in the face by a metal crate. The employee then fell from the trailer liftgate to the ground, landing on their back. The employee's ribs were broken.

An employee was unloading an inbound trailer and crushed their right index finger between the trailer and the load bar resulting in fractures to the finger.

An employee was climbing down from a hostling tractor when he slipped and fell to the ground. He suffered a ruptured spleen.

Two employees were pushing a lawn mower into a utility truck. The injured employee placed their hand at the left side of the lawn mower deck when they were struck by a blade. The employee's left middle and ring finger were lacerated.

An employee was inspecting and moving a wooden pallet when an exposed nail lacerated his right forearm.

A temporary employee was working in the shipping and receiving area while loading a truck with sheet metal. The employee went to put down the product when the sheet metal lacerated their left middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and the tip of the finger was medically amputated.

An employee was carrying a pressure-treated 2x6 board while plating a foundation. The employee put the board on an anchor bolt when a 3-inch sliver of wood got caught in his hand, resulting in a punctured tendon.

An employee was in the packaging area in a warehouse transporting a 5-foot tilt and roll ladder back to its storage location. The employee was pushing the ladder while standing inside of it when it began to tilt over. As the employee reached to stop the ladder from tilting, his right hand contacted the metal serrated platform. The ladder continued to tilt and as he pulled his hand free, the employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.

A driver was loading a trailer. The driver fell out the back of the trailer and fractured his left elbow on the ground. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was picking bulk bags for shipments. While cleaning pellets off the ground, a stacked bulk bag (full of plastic pellets) collapsed and fell on the employee. The employee sustained fractures to their ribs, pelvis, and left femur.

An employee was delivering goods to a customer. He was folding the truck's lift gate when his left middle finger was pinched in the lift gate, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack, delivering pallets of groceries to a store. The employee was walking backward when her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a video pole, resulting in lacerations and fractures to her ankle and heel. She was hospitalized.

An employee was tightening a turnbuckle while attempting to conduct lash-back operations on a ship when their left gloved hand was caught between the upper and lower turnbuckles. The employee suffered a crush injury to the little finger that resulted in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.