YRC Freight

An employee was assisting another employee load a wooden crate onto a trailer. The crate fell off the forklift and struck the employee's foot.

An employee was closing a truck door after a delivery when his finger was wrapped around a rope hanging from the door. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

An employee developed nausea and dizziness after being exposed to a substance in a restroom. The employee was hospitalized.

A YRC Freight employee had just unstrapped a 2,700-pound crate inside a trailer, about halfway down its length. A forklift picked it up to remove it from the trailer. The crate fell over and struck the employee, who suffered a broken right leg, left leg, and right wrist.

An employee was struck by a customer's forklift while delivering freight, resulting in broken bones in both feet.

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.

A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin burns.

An employee was disconnecting steam lines from a bulk liquid trailer. He disconnected a steam line located on a vapor recovery line when hot steam blew back onto him, resulting in burns to the left side of his abdomen, as well as his left arm and leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was driving a truck when it lost power. He pulled over, opened the hood, checked the engine, and opened the radiator cap. Pressure in the radiator caused hot fluid to spew over the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left arm, hand, and leg.

An employee was pulling apart pallets that were stuck together when they felt pain in their stomach. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was getting out of a truck tractor when he fell to the ground. He suffered a broken left femur.

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.