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

United Parcel Service, Inc.

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

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at United Parcel Service, Inc., 87 Brick Kiln Road, CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 01824 on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.

An employee suffered severe dehydration after delivering packages in the heat.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Heat-environmental

United Parcel Service, Inc.

An employee was making deliveries when he started to feel ill. He returned to the office but started feeling worse. The employee was hospitalized with heat stroke and a kidney injury.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

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

United Parcel Service, Inc.

On July 23, 2025, an employee was loading irregular packages into a truck. A pole that was being shipped fell from from an upright position and struck the employee on the head, resulting in a concussion.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

On July 22, 2025, at approximately 4:30 a.m. after the previous day's shift, an employee was hospitalized with a kidney injury caused by heat-related illness. The employee had worked several consecutive days delivering packages in high outdoor heat and humidity without cooling gear.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

An employee was delivering packages on a road when they became ill and felt dizzy and nauseous, resulting in hospitalization for heat-related illness.

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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.

A&S Services Group

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

American Flowform and Machining, LLC

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Warner Brothers, LLC

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

Roby's Propane Gas

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.