105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

UPS Inc.

Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Effects of heat n.e.c.

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at UPS Inc., 7800 Austin Ave, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS 60077 on — Effects of heat n.e.c., affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .

On July 23, 2025, at approximately 4:00 PM, a driver was on his route making deliveries when he started to feel ill from heat exposure. The employee sustained dehydration.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Heat environmental

UPS Inc.

An employee was making a delivery at a residence. While walking back to the delivery truck, the employee slipped on ice and fell on the walkway, fracturing her right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

UPS Inc.

An employee was delivering packages when he likely encountered snow/ice and contacted the ground. The employee suffered a skull fracture.

UPS, Inc.

A delivery driver was walking in the facility when they slipped and fell down the stairs striking their ribs.

UPS, Inc.

An employee was delivering packages when the truck door closed on their right middle finger. The employee sustained a fracture to the finger.

UPS Inc.

The injured employee (mechanic) was troubleshooting a box truck and asked another employee (Employee 2) to go inside the truck. The mechanic told Employee 2 to press on the break and push on the accelerator to hear the sound the truck was making. The mechanic was under the truck when it came off the jacks and rolled forward striking the mechanic and causing rib fractures and trauma to the chest.

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Clean Scapes Dallas LLC

On October 7, 2025, employee was installing mulch with a landscape crew. At around 2:15 PM, the employee took a break and started to feel cramping/pain. The employee was taken to the hospital with rhabdomyolysis due to heat exhaustion.

Meridian Waste Florida LLC

An employee was collecting garbage when they suffered muscle cramping and were hospitalized due to dehydration.

United Parcel Service

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

MCNEILL LABOR MANAGEMENT INC.

A temporary employee was on top of a cane wagon, throwing cane down to the ground (i.e., planting). He reached the end of the field row and started to feel ill. He experienced cramping and headaches due to heat exhaustion.

Three G Trucking, Inc.

An employee became dehydrated while working in a field, planting sugar cane. The employee was hospitalized.

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.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

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

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

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

AbbVie Inc.

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.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

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