Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-25	Southold	Ny	Burt's Reliable Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading an oil delivery truck with oil. The employee slipped off the truck and fell to the pavement, briefly losing consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for a possible concussion.
2021-10-02	Walton	Ny	GARELICK FARMS	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped while entering a delivery truck, fell, and hit his head on the pavement.
2021-08-14	Theresa	Ny	ARCTIC GLACIER U.S.A., INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing off the back of a delivery truck when he slipped and fell 52 inches onto a block wall that was adjacent to the parked truck, resulting in fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-08-12	Evansville	In	United States Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was driving a delivery truck and walking while performing a city delivery route when they began to experience heat-related dehydration.
2021-08-05	Butler	Wi	FedEx Freight	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was using a pallet jack to load and unload palletized freight from a delivery truck at an offsite location. The employee fell while inside the delivery truck and tried to grab the strap of the truck's sliding door. The door came down on the employee's hand as he fell, resulting in fractures to the fingers/hand.
2021-08-02	Pompano Beach	Fl	Healthwise Bakery, LLC	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was transporting product to a delivery truck using a manual rack and a ramp. The truck moved forward and the employee lost his balance and fell 5 feet to the ground, resulting in injuries to both wrists, including a right wrist injury that required surgery.
2021-07-15	Delray Beach	Fl	Quality Custom Distribution, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was delivering products to a store when they fell from the side of the trailer attached to the delivery truck, resulting in head injuries.
2021-07-09	Cape Coral	Fl	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was delivering mail and felt dizzy from inhaling the exhaust fumes from the delivery truck.
2021-07-07	Milwaukee	Wi	Joshen Paper & Packaging	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was driving around and making deliveries on July 7, 2021. It was a humid, 92-degree day and the delivery truck's air conditioning failed. On returning to the facility at 5:00 p.m., the employee was hot and sweaty, with incoherent speech. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and kidney failure.
2021-06-04	Miami	Fl	DOMINO'S PIZZA, FLORIDA DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
At about 3:30 a.m. on June 4, 2021, an employee fell from the back of a delivery truck while unloading it. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken hip.
2021-05-27	Greeley	Co	Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was transferring milk into a delivery truck when the plunger valve on the milk truck partially amputated their left index finger.
2021-05-10	Columbus	Oh	FedEx Ground	Ankle(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee stepped out of a delivery truck via the driver's side door and suffered a broken ankle as he stepped onto the pavement. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-05-09	Kansas City	Mo	LOWES #2767	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell from the truck while climbing into a delivery truck. The employee struck their head, sustaining injury.
2021-05-05	Springfield	Mo	NTW	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was off-loading tires from his delivery truck and fell out the back of the truck. The employee sustained a head contusion, multiple fractured ribs, and a punctured lung.
2021-05-01	Wesley Chapel	Fl	Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was moving furniture to the back edge of the delivery truck when they fell out of the back of the truck, landing on the ground and sustaining bleeding on the brain.
2021-04-28	Montour Falls	Ny	WELLIVER MCGUIRE INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unloading steel members with a delivery crew. While the employee was trying to control a hoisted load, his hand was pinched between the load and material stacked on the delivery truck. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
2021-04-20	Wagner	Sd	CHS, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was shutting a lift gate on a delivery truck. The employee's fingertip was caught in the gate and was amputated (without bone loss).
2021-04-19	Lincoln	Ne	American Tire Distributors Inc	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell out of the cargo area of his delivery truck, landing on the ground and suffering fractures to the scapula and lower back, as well as a partially collapsed lung.
2021-03-24	Brookline	Ma	KAPLAN CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Three Kaplan Corporation employees were helping a delivery driver, who was using a pallet jack to unload a pallet of glass from a delivery truck. One of the jack's wheels hung up on uneven pavement around a manhole cover. One of the employees was trying to free the wheel when the jack's hydraulics were released and it dropped its load to the ground. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-03-24	Attleboro	Ma	Contracting Specialists Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was rolling a machine down a ramp, from inside a warehouse to the outside, so he could load it on a delivery truck. At the bottom of the ramp, he tripped over the forks of a fork truck, and his right leg was caught between the fork truck and the machine he was moving. He suffered a broken right leg.
2021-03-17	Springfield	Oh	United Parcel Service	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped on a bucket in the back of a delivery truck and fell. The employee's head struck the dock, causing a head laceration and a broken nose.
2021-02-25	Jacksonville	Fl	SCHWAN'S CONSUMER BRANDS, INC.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On February 25, 2021, an employee was unloading product from a delivery truck when he fell about 4.5 feet to the ground below, fracturing his hip.
2021-01-01	Thibodaux	La	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
A delivery driver was tasked with delivering a washer and dryer to a customer's home. The employee was retrieving a cord on the delivery truck when he lost balance and fell off the back of the truck onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.
2020-10-06	Tunkhannock	Pa	Herc Rentals Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking on the deck of a rollback delivery truck. The employee walked around an excavator bucket and fell off the edge of the truck bed, impacting the ground. The employee sustained multiple displaced fractures of the pelvis.
2020-09-29	Lancaster	Pa	Wexcon, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee was helping another employee unload pipe from a delivery truck. As an employee lifted pipes with a forklift, a shorter pipe slipped off the forks and hit a wedge, which hit a 4" x 4"x 8' board. The board spun up and struck the injured employee in the abdomen, causing blunt force trauma to the abdomen that resulted in removal of part of the small and large intestines.
2020-09-18	Mill Hall	Pa	RelaDyne, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level
While moving drums in the back of a delivery truck, an employee fell from the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion and head laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-10	New York	Ny	Barrett Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to offload a delivery truck at a loading dock. The pallet jack's front wheels retracted and the employee's left ring finger was caught in the pinch point. The employee suffered a fracture and amputation to the last joint of the finger.
2020-09-05	Belleville	Il	Lowes Home Centers LLC	Head, neck, and trunk	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On 9/5/2020, at approximately 10:40 a.m., a Lowe's employee was making a delivery at a customer's home. The employee had positioned a washer on the lift gate of the delivery truck and was attempting to step around the washer when he fell off the lift gate, which was raised several feet off the ground. As the employee fell, he grabbed the washer and pulled it down on top of him. The washer landed on his abdomen. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs, a fractured C7 vertebra, and a head injury.
2020-09-01	Orlando	Fl	FCA US LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other jump to lower level
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 1, 2020, an employee was closing a delivery truck door after unloading it. The truck pulled away and the employee jumped down to the ground between the truck and the dock. She was hospitalized.
2020-08-18	Longwood	Fl	Ace Granite Florida	Head	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was loading marble slabs onto a delivery truck using a forklift. A slab fell off the truck and struck the employee in the back of the neck/shoulders. The employee then fell forward and struck their head on a slab that was stored adjacent to the truck. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration.
2020-07-28	Lombard	Illinois	UPS	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was making a delivery on his regular route. After retrieving a package from the package car, the employee was closing the bulkhead door of the delivery truck when his right pinky finger got caught in the door. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-07-13	Crestview	Florida	Lowe's Home Improvement (Store# 1782)	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On July 13, 2020, an employee rolled a flat cart to the outside of the receiving bay door in order to drain standing water off the cart. The cart was next to a delivery truck and when the delivery truck left the dock, the employee fell 3.5 feet off the dock. He was hospitalized with a broken left leg.
2020-07-06	East Alton	Illinois	UPS Customer Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee had entered the cab of a delivery truck and was closing the slide door. The door caught the employee's left ring finger as it closed and amputated the top of the finger.
2020-06-19	Silver Spring	Maryland	U.S. Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
While closing the sliding door of the delivery truck, an employee's hand was caught in the door. The employee sustained a partial amputation and had surgery.
2020-06-13	Cohoes	New York	National DCP, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A driver was pulling a pallet of dry product onto the liftgate of a delivery truck using a manual pallet jack. The weight of the pallet pushed him back against the chain on the liftgate causing him to lose balance and fall backward. His right leg was pinned between the pallet, the manual jack, and the chain. The driver was holding onto the chain while hanging from the gate and was able to pull his leg free. The driver was hospitalized with a broken right lower leg.
2020-06-11	Conway	Arkansas	Mid-South Sales, LLC	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was preparing to close the roll-up door on the back of a package delivery truck. He stepped backwards to place his foot on the lift gate and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated and fractured elbow that required surgery.
2020-06-08	Broomfield	Colorado	Brannan Sand and Gravel Company	Sole(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was laying down string line on the ground for an asphalt paving crew when an asphalt delivery truck backed into the employee, knocking him to the ground, and then running over his foot. He required stitches to the underside of his foot where the toes connect.
2020-05-28	Milton	Florida	Goldring Gulf Distributing CO, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unloading and restocking a delivery truck when she fell from the lift gate to the ground 4 feet below. She suffered a broken knee.
2020-05-26	Fargo	North Dakota	Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was transporting goods on a two-wheel hand cart down a ramp from the back of a delivery truck when he slipped on the ramp, sustaining injuries to his back and neck and several broken bones.
2020-04-11	Fort Worth	Texas	Bobcat of North Texas - Fort Worth	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
The injured employee was helping another employee unload a skid steer and a few attachments off a delivery truck. The injured employee was helping to guide the driver of the skid steer when his left foot was caught under the skid steer's tracks as it moved closer to the attachments to connect them for unloading. He suffered a right distal tibia fracture and was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-04-03	San Antonio	Texas	Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading a piece of equipment onto his flatbed delivery truck when he slipped and fell to the ground, dislocating his right arm from his shoulder.
2020-03-26	Ocean Springs	Mississippi	Rouses Enterprises, LLC	Upper arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a loading dock checking a delivery truck that had backed up to the dock. The employee fell off the dock and landed between it and the truck, suffering a broken left humerus.
2020-03-12	Orlando	Florida	AMERICAN BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO, INC.	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
The injured employee was standing at the end of the dock waiting for a pallet to be set on the ground and then be loaded into a delivery truck. The pallet was set on the ground and as the forklift driver was removing the forks, the pallet tipped over and struck the injured employee. The injured employee sustained a fractured right hip and a rib fracture.
2020-03-05	Orlando	Florida	AutoNation Parts Center Clearwater	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was exiting the back of the delivery truck after he finished a delivery. He missed a step and fell 38 inches to the ground resulting in a fractured right patella.
2020-02-25	Newburgh	New York	Penske Logistics, LLC	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On February 25, 2020, a driver was in the back of his delivery truck at a dock when he lost consciousness and fell to the floor. He struck his head, suffering head trauma, and was hospitalized.
2020-02-10	Rochester	New York	Skyworks LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
A delivery truck with a flatbed semi-trailer was parked in the yard. The back end of the trailer has a hydraulic dovetail to facilitate drive-on/drive off loading and unloading. It was in the down position. The injured employee drove a scissor lift and parked it over the tail end lip of the lowered dovetail. With the unit placed against the dovetail, the injured employee initiated testing of the pothole protection system and began lifting the basket. The delivery truck driver, unaware of the sci
2020-02-06	Brooklyn	New York	Alexandria NE LLC	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a delivery truck, helping a forklift operator unload it. He slipped and fell from the trailer, suffering fractures to the right tibia and fibula.
2020-01-31	Hayward	Wisconsin	Adams Publishing Group, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
At approximately 3:00 a.m. on January 31, 2020, an employee was operating a delivery truck's lift gate when the employee fell forward off the lift gate after miss-stepping over the edge. The employee fell chest-down on the ground and was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.
2020-01-28	Mayflower	Arkansas	LUMBER ONE HOME CENTER	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was finishing his daily duties and exiting his delivery truck when the truck rolled into him. He was hospitalized with broken ribs.
2020-01-28	Jamestown	North Dakota	Builders First Source	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was stepping out of his delivery truck onto the street when he slipped on an ice buildup, injuring his hip.
2019-09-24	Shelley	Idaho	CHS Bingham Cooperative	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the back of a propane delivery truck to the ground, suffering head and neck injuries.
2019-09-17	Santa Ana	California	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - SANTA ANA PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER	Hand(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was trying to dislodge the lift gate on the rear of a delivery truck. The gate abruptly dropped on the employee's left hand and injured it. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-09-12	Horseheads	New York	Studco Buildings Systems US, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
While adjusting material on a delivery truck's flatbed trailer, an employee fell from the trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a broken hip, broken ribs, and cranial bleeding.
2019-09-12	Macedonia	Ohio	Affordable Mulch and Landscape Supply	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was leaving a delivery truck when his wedding ring caught on the back of the truck. His left ring finger was amputated.
2019-09-12	National City	California	U.S. Postal Service	Trunk	Pedestrian vehicular incident
An employee was standing at the rear of his delivery truck when he was struck by an automobile. The employee sustained multiple fractures to the body and was hospitalized.
2019-09-10	Denver	Colorado	Todd Expediting, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee was hospitalized with a fractured fibula after their leg was caught between a dock and a delivery truck.
2019-09-06	Belgium	Wisconsin	Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
During unloading of a commercial water heater from a delivery truck, an employee's left index finger was pinched between a fork on the unloading vehicle and the top edge of the water heater. The left index finger was lacerated approximately 1 inch from the tip. A portion of the left index finger was surgically amputated.
2019-08-30	Denver	Colorado	UPS Cartage Services	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was preparing to load a delivery truck at a client's site. The employee was attempting to position a dock plate at a loading dock when the flap at the end of the dock plate became stuck. When the employee tried to free the flap, it sprung and came down on his finger, resulting in a right index finger amputation.
2019-07-16	Amherst	New York	Best Buy Co., Inc.	Thoracic region	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were loading appliances into a delivery truck using a 2-wheeler/dolly. One employee was helping push a refrigerator while the other employee pulled it towards the dolly. The refrigerator fell on one of the employee's lower extremities and mid-section, causing the employee to fall on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T7 vertebra.
2019-06-28	Ekalaka	Montana	WB PIPELINE, LLC	Hip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An 120-pound roll of environmental fabric struck an employee as it rolled off a delivery truck. The employee suffered a dislocated hip.
2019-06-10	Bethel Park	Pennsylvania	R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC.	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee fell while working at the rear of a delivery truck. The employee's head struck the asphalt ground, causing a head injury; the employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-31	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	1Waters International Truck, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
A 2,640-pound tote was being unloaded from a delivery truck when it rolled onto an employee's left leg, breaking it.
2019-05-29	Sarasota	Florida	United Parcel Service, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working on a package delivery truck inside the shop when he started to feel dizzy and lightheaded and then fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
2019-05-23	Hooksett	New Hampshir	Poultry Products Company, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell to the ground while exiting a delivery truck, breaking six ribs and his collarbone.
2019-05-17	Aurora	Colorado	Altman Specialty Plants, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading/unloading a delivery truck when the employee's right toe was pinched by the lift gate, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-14	Little Rock	Arkansas	Golden Eagle of Arkansas, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was struck by an electric pallet jack that lurched forward while he was loading his delivery truck, fracturing his right leg.
2019-04-30	Capon Bridge	West Virgini	S.J. Morse Company	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
The injured employee was walking out of the building next to a soft-side tandem-axle delivery truck when the soft-side and tie-down straps were released and the load fell onto the employee causing a broken hip and femur.
2019-04-22	Denver	Colorado	Wendy's	Hip(s)	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
An employee was carrying a box of lettuce from the delivery truck to the walk-in cooler when the employee experienced pain in the right hip/nerve damage.
2019-03-20	Bradford	Pennsylvania	American Natural Supply	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was replacing the chain on a hose reel on the back of a delivery truck. As he was putting the chain on the sprocket, his left index finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-03-18	Cankton	Louisiana	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was on the lift of a delivery truck. The employee's foot was caught between the ramp and the lift gate while the lift was operated. The employee's big toe was crushed.
2019-03-01	Conroe	Texas	Crawford Electric Supply	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading a delivery truck when the load shifted. He fell off the back of the truck to the ground, breaking his pelvis.
2019-02-26	Cambridge	Ohio	Schwebel Baking Company	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On February 26, 2019, an employee fell from the lift gate of a delivery truck resulting in hospitalization for a fractured hip.
2019-02-14	Inverness	Florida	JW Morton Real Estate Inc.	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
While walking across a driveway, an employee was struck and dragged by a delivery truck as it backed up. The employee suffered a concussion, a broken collarbone, four broken ribs, and a broken right femur.
2019-01-31	East Hartford	Connecticut	AeroCision, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was delivering a pallet of forging material to a vendor. When he opened the rear door of the delivery truck, one piece of material weighing 456 pounds fell off the pallet and landed on him, bruising his arm.
2019-01-29	Albany	New York	Crescent Creamery Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
A delivery driver climbed into the back of a delivery truck to retrieve a hand truck. He slipped on ice/slush and fell off the back of the truck onto the hand truck. The employee fractured the left tibia/fibula and was hospitalized for surgery.
2019-01-22	Lawrence	New York	Raymours Furniture Company, Inc.	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was spotting a delivery truck that was backing up to the back door of the building when the truck struck the employee. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture.
2019-01-09	Rome	Georgia	Ball Corporation	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level
Employees were waiting on a delivery truck to unstrap electrical panels and control panels for unloading. The driver of a tractor trailer unstrapped the electrical and control panels so the employees could unload them. An electrical panel slipped and hit a control panel, which then struck the injured employee, knocking him to the ground where he hit his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized with a contusion to the back of the head and ligament damage to his right knee.
2019-01-02	Branson	Missouri	Rinehart Food Service	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was using a hand truck to unload his delivery truck when he turned around and slipped. His hand truck load also slipped and fell on his left leg, fracturing it in two places.
2018-09-11	Belchertown	Massachusett	Krex Transport Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
A FedEx employee backed a delivery truck into a driveway. Upon exiting the vehicle, she walked to the rear doors to retrieve a package. As she turned to walk around a car that was behind her, the car proceeded to unexpectedly back up, striking the truck first, then pinching and crushing her legs between the bumpers of the truck and car. She suffered multiple fractures to her right leg below the knee.
2018-09-10	Littleton	Colorado	USPS	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway
An employee was stepping out of his mail delivery truck when he was struck by a moving vehicle, fracturing his left ribs and left arm.
2018-08-26	Corpus Christi	Texas	Coca-Cola SW Beverages	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was waiting in his vehicle for a beverage delivery truck to arrive at the parking lot of a convenience store. The employee's job was to stock merchandise at the convenience store. While waiting in his car, he was shot twice in the chest by a gunman.
2018-08-10	College Park	Georgia	Capstone Logistics	Multiple face locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was helping a forklift operator offload a broken-down pallet jack from a delivery truck. The forklift operator was using a strap to pull the pallet jack when the strap snapped and struck the employee's face, lacerating his eyebrow, forehead, and chin.
2018-08-08	Olive Branch	Mississippi	Federal Express Corporation	Thigh(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
An employee backed his delivery truck to a loading dock. When he stepped from the truck, his left leg slipped between the truck bumper and dock. His leg was lacerated above the knee. A dock plate was not installed at the time of the incident.
2018-06-30	Grafton	Wisconsin	Costco	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was unloading a delivery truck. While attempting to unjam the dock door, he fell from a stack of pallets, landing about 10 feet below and suffering a broken leg.
2018-06-29	Madison	Mississippi	Lowes Home Centers Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall or jump from and struck by another vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was standing on the lift gate of the delivery truck directing the driver to back up. He fell off of the lift and was caught between the truck and a moving vehicle. The employee sustained rib and spleen injuries.
2018-06-21	Leesburg	Florida	Gulf Mechanical Contractors, LLC	Jaw, chin	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was helping unload a delivery truck while an all-terrain forklift was being used to remove a stuck side gate from the truck. The forklift began to raise the gate, which was caught on a pallet. The gate came loose from the pallet and struck the employee under the chin resulting in a broken jaw.
2018-06-18	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Superior Pool Products	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a delivery truck while attempting to secure a pallet jack in the truck. He was hospitalized with a head injury.
2018-06-12	Addison	Alabama	Carroll's Contemporary Design	Head and neck	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
The injured employee was guiding marble slabs as they were being unloaded from a flatbed delivery truck using a forklift. The forklift picked up two slabs of marble (120" x 77") weighing approximately 2,200 pounds. The weight caused the forklift to tilt forwards which in turn caused the booms and slabs to fall forward. The impact of the slabs slammed the employee into the truck. The slabs fell back toward the forklift and injured employee fell on top of the slabs. The injured employee was hospit
2018-06-11	Tampa	Florida	HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, LTD	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was using a manual pallet jack to load the delivery truck. The employee moved backwards inside the cargo area while pulling the pallet of merchandise with the manual pallet jack, stepped off the back edge of the box truck bed and fell approximately four feet to the ground. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the left ankle.
2018-06-11	East Liverpool	Ohio	Turner Dairy Farms, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was making a delivery at a customer location. While exiting the delivery truck, he missed the step with his foot causing him to fall to the ground and fracture his right elbow.
2018-06-04	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Preferred Meal Systems Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee crushed their right index finger in the back door of a delivery truck.
2018-05-07	Altamonte Springs	Florida	US Foods, Inc.	Sole(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While backing away from a delivery truck, an employee stepped onto a box (case) that was stacked behind them. The employee became unstable, lost balance, and fell to the ground, breaking a bone in the bottom of the left foot.
2018-05-03	White Mills	Pennsylvania	Modern Gas Sales Inc	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the running boards of his delivery truck and cleaning the inside of the windshield when he suffered a medical event and fell backwards to the ground. From the fall, he suffered a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-30	Manhattan	Kansas	Shilling Construction Company, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning remaining asphalt out of the corners of a buggy hopper with his back to a delivery truck. When the buggy moved forward, the employee was caught between the buggy and the delivery truck. The employee sustained a broken hip, bruising and abrasions to the right leg and an abrasion on the left leg.
2018-04-27	Chicago	Illinois	Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from the trailer of his delivery truck, breaking his ribs and clavicle.
2018-04-20	Shippenville	Pennsylvania	IA Construction Corporation	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell while getting out of his delivery truck. He landed on the concrete pavement, suffering four broken ribs and a hematoma. He was hospitalized.
2018-04-06	Normal	Illinois	Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was manually loading a delivery truck with 65-pound tractor trailer jack stands when the employee's left middle finger was caught between two jack stands, amputating approximately 1/2 inch of the finger.
2018-02-20	Decatur	Illinois	US Postal Service	Leg(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was driving a mail delivery truck when a vape cigarette in his pocket burned his leg, requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-19	Helena	Montana	BMC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was opening a delivery truck door when floor joists fell off the truck and struck the employee, causing head and back injuries, as well as a neck fracture.
2018-02-14	Bronx	New York	MANHATTAN BEER DISTRIBUTORS, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was removing a shelf from within a delivery truck. The shelf fell and cut the employee's right foot.