UPS, Inc.

On July 23, 2025, at approximately 4:00 PM, a driver was on his route making deliveries when he started to feel ill from heat exposure. The employee sustained dehydration.

An employee was making a delivery at a residence. While walking back to the delivery truck, the employee slipped on ice and fell on the walkway, fracturing her right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was delivering packages when he likely encountered snow/ice and contacted the ground. The employee suffered a skull fracture.

A delivery driver was walking in the facility when they slipped and fell down the stairs striking their ribs.

The injured employee (mechanic) was troubleshooting a box truck and asked another employee (Employee 2) to go inside the truck. The mechanic told Employee 2 to press on the break and push on the accelerator to hear the sound the truck was making. The mechanic was under the truck when it came off the jacks and rolled forward striking the mechanic and causing rib fractures and trauma to the chest.

An employee was drying and finishing vehicles when a vehicle door closed on their left middle fingertip and amputated it.

An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.

An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.

The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.

A maintenance technician was working to clear a box jam. He slipped while stepping down from a platform and fell about 30 inches onto the grading platform. He fell onto his right hip and was hospitalized with a back injury requiring surgery.

An employee was unloading packages from a package wall. When he picked up a package and turned to move it, another package on the wall fell. A 3-foot tube on the package struck the employee's right big toe, causing hospitalization with an open displaced fracture of the proximal phalanx of the toe.

An employee was opening the doors to a trailer while making a delivery when the wind caught the door and their hand was caught in the door. The employee sustained a displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of their left index finger.

After clearing a jam on a secured conveyor belt, an employee walked back to step down, lost their footing, and fell onto the ground outside a bay door. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their left arm/elbow.

An employee was performing deliveries when he felt light-headed and experienced cramps. The employee sustained a heat-related illness.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.