FedEx Freight

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.

An employee was performing regular observation of the gate and all approaching vehicles. The weather was hot and the employee was sitting in a vehicle. The employee sustained dehydration and heat exhaustion.

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.

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.

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.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.