Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at XPO Logistics, Inc., 120 Neelytown Rd., MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK 12549
on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped as he was exiting his tractor and fell to the ground, striking his left elbow against the pavement. His left elbow fractured.
An employee was standing on a loading dock near the end of a trailer. As the employee was stepping backward, they were struck on their right side by a crate that a forklift was transporting. The employee was pushed off balance and into a steel beam on their left side. They suffered a broken left arm.
On October 5, 2022, at approximately 11:30 AM, an employee jumped off a semi-trailer from a height of approximately 4 feet. The employee impacted the ground, and was hospitalized with a broken bone in their right lower leg.
An employee was on top of a roof changing a light bulb. The employee fell through the roof to the concrete floor about 25 feet below, suffering a broken neck and three broken back vertebrae.
An employee opened a trailer's rear door and was struck on the right foot by forklift blades that had been stored on a pallet and shifted during transportation, resulting in a contusion.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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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 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.
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An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.