DHL Supply Chain

An employee was standing at the back of a powered industrial truck (PIT), entering information into the vehicle-mounted computer. Another PIT passed by him carrying a double-stacked rack. The rack pinned his right leg against his own PIT. His leg was fractured and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

At about 2:30 a.m. on August 30, 2025, a DHL employee was operating a reach truck in a warehouse. The truck drove into the elevated forks of another, parked reach truck, and the employee suffered a broken left tibia. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

On June 26, 2025, an employee was using a broom to manually release an electric dock lock at the inbound dock and fell less than 4 feet out the dock door. Her right foot and ankle impacted the concrete ground, causing an ankle fracture.

An employee was troubleshooting the superstack machine. Their right index finger became caught between the strap and anchor of the machine when the strap was tensioned, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was using a standing forklift to store two pallets in an upper location and was lowering them into the final position when the upper pallet containing tires became unstable. The employee exited the forklift to adjust the pallet when it fell and the tires struck the employee. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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.

An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.

An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.

A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.