YRC Inc.

An employee was using a compressor to fill air into a trailer airbag when a forklift backed into the employee, pinning them against the freight in a trailer. The employee sustained bilateral ankle fractures.

An employee was standing near a truck. Another truck struck the first truck's door and smashed it closed. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

An employee fell off the back of a work vehicle's bumper resulting in a head injury.

A YRC driver was standing in front of a freight dock waiting for paper work. The driver was struck from behind by a trailer that was backing into the dock. The driver felt the impact in their hip/back area and immediately turned to the left and fell to the ground. The injured driver was hospitalized with a possible fractured pelvis.

An employee was stacking pallets with a forklift. After getting out of the forklift, the employee was struck by a falling pallet and suffered a pulled neck muscle.

An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.

The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.

Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.

An employee was inside a trailer, loading freight, when their leg was caught in shrink wrap. The employee fell, resulting in a fracture to their right thigh bone, which required surgery.

An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.

An employee fell from a dock to ground level (less than 4 feet) and broke their tibia/knee.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On August 20, 2025, an employee was exiting a commercial tractor from the driver's side door when they fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left ankle.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.