Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ryder Integrated Logistics, 3000 AM Drive, QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18951
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell entering the restroom and broke her hip.
HospitalizedHip(s)Floor, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Ryder Integrated Logistics
On April 4, 2025, an employee was operating a walkie-rider pallet jack when he lost his balance and was thrown to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right femur and required surgery.
An employee was moving lumber materials using a forklift when the load shifted and the forklift tilted forward. The employee suffered a severe head injury and fractured ribs.
On 8/30/2023, at approximately 11:55 AM, an employee was operating a walkie rider in the receiving area. The vehicle struck a wall and their leg was fractured above the ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was opening a loading dock door when they stepped on a lower roller and fell to the lower working surface. The employee sustained multiple facial fractures.
An employee was placing a case onto a pallet when they tripped over the corner of the pallet and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip fracture.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 484121)
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.
An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.
A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.