Averitt Express, Inc.

An employee was lifting an 80-pound propane tank onto a forklift when he fell, resulting in a right femur fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was struck by a vehicle while walking into a building. The employee suffered two fractures to the left femur and a broken left ankle.

On April 8, 2022, an employee was trying to stabilize freight (individually boxed glass panels) that was lined up from sidewall to sidewall inside a trailer. The freight started to lean and the employee tried to catch it. The employee lost his balance due to the weight (660 lbs.) of the freight and hit his head on the side of the trailer, sustaining compression of the cervical spine and fractured vertebrae that required surgery.

A driver was using a pallet jack to move a pallet to the back of a trailer when a slat broke on the pallet and caused the pallet jack to tilt. The driver fell off the back of the trailer about 4 feet to the pavement. The driver sustained an open fracture to the right elbow that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a chain to close a parking lot gate. The gate was connected to an electric fence; one of the electric guide wires touched the chain and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

An employee was backing up a sit-down forklift when his left hand struck against a rack. His middle and ring fingers were broken and he was hospitalized.

An employee was struck by a truck and sustained a broken right leg.

An employee slipped on a patch of ice and fell, striking his head on the pavement. The employee sustained a subdural hemorrhage with a loss of consciousness and was hospitalized.

An employee parked a commercial motor vehicle at a truck stop. The employee slipped while exiting the vehicle and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left distal humerus.

On September 19, 2024, an employee was manually wrapping a pallet with shrink wrap when they slipped on a small piece of wood and fell. The employee landed on the concrete floor and suffered a fractured right hip.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.