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An employee was operating an extruder and performing a spool swap over from the right spindle to the left spindle. After rewiring the new spool, the employee's clothing got caught in the turning shaft when the left spindle started back up. The employee's left arm was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fractured humerus and lacerations to her triceps. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was struck by a powered industrial truck while traveling through a staging area. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left foot.

An employee was unloading his trailer at the dock area when he was struck and run over by a reversing powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was hospitalized with a crushed left heel, a dislocated ankle, and the removal of skin down to the muscle on his calf.

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

An employee was putting mail into mail boxes in a neighborhood. He tripped and fell while turning, landing on the ground and breaking his left hip.

An employee was on a step ladder loading product. They fell off the step ladder and sustained a fractured back and hip.

An employee was inventorying materials inside a building when a rattlesnake bit their foot.

A Merit Logistics employee was pushing an egg crate out of a trailer. While working to get it over the lip of the dock, she lost her footing. Crates fell on her, breaking her tibia.

An employee was retrieving a pallet jack from a charging area. His leg was caught between the pallet jack and a wall, and his lower leg was broken.

An employee was using a cherry picker to pick product from the second level of a warehouse rack when they fell 10-15 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained brain swelling, a fractured lower back, and contusions. Fall protection was in place but not they were not tied off at the time.

An employee was delivering food when they started to have symptoms of heat-related illness.

An employee was helping as a forklift was getting a load unjammed in a trailer. The load shifted and crushed the employee, who suffered broken ribs and a punctured liver. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered a back injury while bending over to pick up a package.

On August 7, 2025, employees were using forklift forks to move a single-wheel slitter so they could inspect a broken leg on it. While they were sliding the slitter off the forks, it fell, trapping an employee s left ring finger against the concrete. The employee suffered a severe avulsion to the finger, which was then medically amputated at the knuckle.

An employee was on the working floor when they slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured right hip.

An employee was delivering mail when she felt ill and was hospitalized with a heat-related illness.

An employee was pallet building. She stepped into a box trailer to retrieve a go-cart (big plastic bin with wheels) and she slipped on debris that caused her to lose her balance. The employee's right ankle was fractured. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was driving and delivering packages when they experienced symptoms of heat-related illness, including dizziness and lightheadedness. The employee sustained a kidney injury.

On June 26, 2025, an employee was using a broom to manually release an electric dock lock at the inbound dock and fell less than 4 feet out the dock door. Her right foot and ankle impacted the concrete ground, causing an ankle fracture.

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack when their leg got caught against steel racking. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to a leg and ankle that required surgery.

At 4:30 a.m. on June 20, 2025, an employee suffered a gunshot wound during a verbal altercation in a parking lot. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wrapping machine resulting in a partial amputation to his middle finger through the phalanx.

On June 18, 2025, at 7:45 p.m., an employee was finishing his deliveries when he returned to his truck and began to feel ill, resulting in hospitalization due to heat exhaustion and a kidney injury.

An employee was in a delivery truck bed loading packages. The employee fell from the truck bed between the rear of the truck and the dock. She was hospitalized with bruises and contusions to her back, right hip, and leg.

An employee became unwell while delivering mail. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related dehydration.