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.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at United Parcel Service, Inc., 301 EAST OAK AVENUE, LAWNSIDE, NEW JERSEY 08045 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the Leg(s), unspecified.

An employee was stepping out of a motorized cart/tug when he stepped on the accelerator and fell. The employee sustained a laceration from a metal chute that he struck his leg on and was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Leg(s), unspecified Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified

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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IMG Academy

An employee was descending stairs when they lost balance and fell down 3-4 steps to the second floor landing. The employee was hospitalized with two broken ribs and a concussion.

FedEx

A maintenance technician was working to clear a box jam. He slipped while stepping down from a platform and fell about 30 inches onto the grading platform. He fell onto his right hip and was hospitalized with a back injury requiring surgery.

UPS

An employee was unloading packages from a package wall. When he picked up a package and turned to move it, another package on the wall fell. A 3-foot tube on the package struck the employee's right big toe, causing hospitalization with an open displaced fracture of the proximal phalanx of the toe.

Shamrock Foods Delivery, Receiving & Distribution Center

An employee was opening the doors to a trailer while making a delivery when the wind caught the door and their hand was caught in the door. The employee sustained a displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of their left index finger.

UPS

After clearing a jam on a secured conveyor belt, an employee walked back to step down, lost their footing, and fell onto the ground outside a bay door. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their left arm/elbow.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

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

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.