105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

FedEx Corporation

Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FedEx Corporation, 600 Corporate Court, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62703 on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.

An employee came in from their delivery route feeling ill and was hospitalized and treated for dehydration.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Heat-environmental

FEDEX CORPORATION

An employee was picking up a package that weighed approximately 50 pounds and sustained a back injury.

FedEx Corporation

An employee was assigned to work on both levels (upper and lower) to load and unload pallets. The employee entered the cargo door and stepped onto a roller/loader. The employee was hit by a moving pallet entering the right side of the top load (upper level) of the aircraft. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right foot.

FedEx Corporation

An employee was walking down stairs when they missed a step and fell to the ground, sustaining three broken ribs.

FedEx Corporation

An employee was repositioning a load on a pallet while a forklift was lifting the pallet for repositioning. The forks hit the crossbar on the opposite side of the pallet, causing it to thrust forward into the employee's right index finger, which got caught between the pallet and a package track. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right index finger.

FedEx Corporation

The injured employee was standing at the chute gate while unloading his truck. His right hand was resting on the chute gate opening when the gate was closed and the injured employee's right ring finger was amputated at the fingernail.

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Great Northwest Concrete

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

Lady Moon Farms, Inc.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

Hi-Tech Roofing & Sheetmetal, Inc.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

2911 Logistics

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

Federal Express Corporation

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.

Parsec LLC

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.

Parsec LLC

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.

UPS

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.

Bloom Logistics, Inc.

An employee was delivering a package. A dog bit the employee in the abdominal area, and the employee was hospitalized.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.