Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fed Ex, 1917 Navaho Circle, ABILENE, TEXAS 79602
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to remove a cat from a warehouse. The cat bit the employee's knuckle.
An employee was loading a drop-frame trailer which has static rollers down the center that are positioned up against a metal platform at the end of the trailer. The employee stepped on the rollers and due to a missing roller, her leg went through a gap. Her left knee/leg was lacerated by the metal bars holding the rollers in place, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee stepped into the nose of a drop-frame trailer to cross to the other side. The open rollers caused him to lose his footing and fall. He suffered abdominal injury.
An employee was offloading pallets from an aircraft onto a dolly when his right index finger was caught between a pallet and the dolly lock, resulting in an amputation of his fingertip. He was hospitalized.
An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.
On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 492110)
An employee was moving a large package from a slide when her left arm got caught between the slide (tilt tray) and the package. She was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.
An employee was operating a switch truck at a rail yard. He got out of the switch truck to unlock a container that was attached to a unit in front of him. The switch truck rolled and pinned the employee against the container. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a ruptured spleen, and a possible spinal cord injury.
An employee was sidestepping along the catwalk of a railcar when he lost his balance and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee's right hip was fractured.
An employee was working to realign the two top sections of a set of collapsible rollers (trailer-on-flatcar rollers). The rollers suddenly fell into place and pinched her left index fingertip against the lower sections. She suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.