United Parcel Service

A delivery driver developed dehydration symptoms while driving his route. He was hospitalized.

An employee was driving and delivering packages when they started cramping and feeling ill. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

An employee had been driving and delivering packages on a hot and humid day. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness and dehydration.

A driver made a delivery and returned to their vehicle and then started experiencing symptoms related to dehydration. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee had been delivering packages when they felt ill and dropped to one knee. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and heat-related illness.

An employee was running during a fitness test and experienced heat illness, chest pains, and felt faint. The employee sustained heat exhaustion.

At about 10:30 a.m. on August 7, 2025, a warehouse technician working for Tnemec Company, Inc., began sweating profusely a half-hour into their shift. The employee was using a forklift to move staged pallets of paint to a shrink-wrapper, shrink-wrap the pallets, and then load the pallets onto a truck using a forklift. The employee became ill about two hours later and was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was performing job duties and became overheated. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

On July 29, 2025, an employee working near a metal furnace. Toward the end of his shift, he was charging a furnace and began to experienced heat exhaustion. He had also been in areas of elevated temperatures due to heat sources such as direct sunlight and a combustion engine. The employee was hospitalized with dehydration.

An employee was working near molten metal and experienced heat illness symptoms including cramps. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a loaded cargo container from the back of an aircraft to the front. His left boot got caught on a floor lock. The lock punctured the top of his boot and amputated his little toe.

An employee was completing a delivery at a customer location and began to experience cramping and felt ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was unloading a container when the freight (weighing over 150 lbs.) shifted and caught his right little finger against the container. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was walking in the walkway when her foot got caught under a pallet and she fell. The employee sustained a hip injury.

An employee was was unloading packages on airplane cargo while standing on metal grating. He fell onto the grating, resulting in a laceration to his left knee.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.