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LEXINGTON, KY —

OSHA Injury Report: KYLEX - LEXINGTON

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at KYLEX - LEXINGTON in 1800 MERCER ROAD, LEXINGTON, KY 40511 resulted in days away from work. Employee was preloader in couriers and Express Delivery Services.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
KYLEX - LEXINGTON
Parent company
UPS
Street
1800 MERCER ROAD
City
LEXINGTON
State
KY
ZIP
40511
On-site location
Small Sort Feed Debag

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Before the incident

EE is a debagger and was pushing full bag cart from debag to tilt tray bagging lanes

What happened

EE is pushing bag cart under conveyor motor housing EE ducks under the superstructure but does not see 4 inch metal spool strikes head causing a scalp laceration which produces heavy blood loss EE transported to ER in an Ambulance

Injury or illness

Skin Injury

Object or substance involved

Metal spring loaded spool that stores cable to automatically closes PTCC guard for easy access to the conveyor guard to remove packages

Summary line

EE is pushing bag cart under conveyor motor housing EE ducks under the superstructure but does not see 4 inch metal spool strikes head causing a scalp laceration which produces heavy blood loss EE transported to ER in an Ambulance

Employee and industry

Job description
Preloader
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
492110 — Couriers and Express Delivery Services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1872
Total hours worked
2571186
EIN
582480149
Establishment ID
1105360
Employer case #
WC80DP096

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
6:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:20:15:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.