HENDERSON, COLORADO—
FEDEX FREIGHT
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FEDEX FREIGHT, 9351 WILLOW CT., HENDERSON, COLORADO 80640 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was crossing a freight lot when they were struck by a semi-trailer that was entering the lot, resulting in a possible leg injury.
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An employee was closing a roll-up trailer door when he lost his footing and the door closed on his right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right leg.
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On April 30, 2025, a driver was making local deliveries. At approximately 10:15 AM, while climbing down from the back of the trailer, he lost his balance and fell to the ground from a height of less than four feet. The employee's left leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
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On January 25, 2025, at 6:36 a.m. an employee was opening the door of a trailer at the dock. The 55-gallon drums loaded inside had shifted during transit, causing them to lean against the trailer door. The drums fell when the door was opened, and the employee was crushed. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right tibia.
HENDERSON, COLORADO—
FEDEX FREIGHT
An employee was using a dolly to hook two trailers together. When she went to move the dolly, she felt pain in her back and suffered a back sprain that required hospitalization.
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