Quality Carriers, Inc.

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 11, 2024, fumes and smoke from a chemical release that occurred at the tank wash on the property began to make their way toward the maintenance shop and terminal office. Another company had been cleaning a tanker that had contained methyl methylene diisocyanate, chlorobenzene waste which is a toxic, flammable material. A maintenance employee who was in yard and in close proximity to the tank wash, began to experience difficulty breathing and was hospitalized for treatment. An additional six maintenance employees were assessed by EMS on site and did not require further treatment.

An employee was disconnecting a chemical-unloading hose from a tank trailer after unloading caustic soda consisting of 50 percent sodium hydroxide. The product spilled from the hose and contacted the employee's hands, face, and eyes, resulting in caustic burns that required hospitalization.

An employee fell to the concrete ground while stepping out of the cab of his tractor-trailer. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pneumatic grease gun to grease a trailer chassis when the gun began to malfunction. As he lifted the unit attached to the grease drum to troubleshoot the problem, his left hand slid. The moving piston then amputated his pinky fingertip between the first and second knuckle.

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

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.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

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.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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