| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-30 | Rexford | Ks | Ruan Transport Corporation | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was unloading a semi truck when he fell from the trailer, hitting the garage floor below. The employee sustained a head injury and lost consciousness. | |||||
| 2021-09-25 | Great Falls | Mt | United Materials of Great Falls, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on the driver-side front tire of a semi truck washing the windshield. He slipped off the tire and fell. He landed on the gravel road and his head hit the step of the truck. He suffered a broken lower-back vertebra and a head laceration that required stitches. | |||||
| 2021-06-14 | Neenah | Wi | Bayland Transport Inc. | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was attaching a trailer to a semi truck. While the employee was raising the dollies using the landing gear crank, it became difficult to crank. The employee bent down to see if the dolly legs were coming up when the tension in the crank caused it to come back and hit the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken jaw. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Milwaukee | Wi | Pink Dumpsters, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was cleaning debris from under a semi truck. The truck was driven forward and ran over the employee's leg, breaking the fibula. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | Chicago | Illinois | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle on side of road |
| A Goodyear employee was replacing a steer tire on a semi truck on an interstate highway. A vehicle struck the back of the Goodyear truck, which in turn struck the employee. The employee suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2020-01-02 | Rogers | Arkansas | Tyson Poultry, Inc. | Head and neck | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
| A forklift operator unloading pallets on a semi truck. The truck drove off while the employee was in the back of the trailer; the employee was flung out and suffered trauma to the head and neck. | |||||
| 2019-08-30 | Sturtevant | Wisconsin | QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP | Pelvis | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was using a forklift to load pallets onto a semi truck. While the pallet load was off the semi, the employee got off the forklift to label it. The forklift moved forward, pinning the employee against the load and breaking his pelvis. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Missoula | Montana | Active USA, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was uncoupling semi trucks via the temporary fifth wheel connection. The trucks had been setup in the piggy back configuration for transport. The employee was pinned between two semi trucks and sustained a fractured jaw and a head laceration. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Trenton | Missouri | GFG AgriProducts | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing down from the back of a semi truck when he fell to the ground and sustained a broken leg. | |||||
| 2019-05-14 | Beach City | Ohio | Progressive Foam Technologies Inc | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| On May 14, 2019, an employee exiting the cab of a semi truck when he fell and struck his head. | |||||
| 2019-03-11 | Live Oak | Florida | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was pulling a tarp over a semi truck load when he fell from the trailer's platform to the ground 4 to 6 feet below. He suffered fractures to the head of his left humerus and his left elbow. | |||||
| 2019-02-01 | Shelley | Idaho | Dairy Farms, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was traveling down a road on a four-wheeler. While he was avoiding an oncoming semi truck, the four-wheeler rolled over and landed on top of him. He suffered a broken leg and wrist. | |||||
| 2019-01-21 | Tioga | North Dakota | Sundhagen Sand & Gravel, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was inside a semi truck scale. He was thawing out the scale using a portable propane heater. A flash fire occurred within the confined area of the scale and caused second degree burns across 70% of his body. | |||||
| 2019-01-09 | Hettinger | North Dakota | Central Dakota Frontier Coopertive | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a semi truck trailer attempting to move a pipe when the employee fell 3 feet off the trailer to the frozen ground. | |||||
| 2019-01-07 | Lewis Center | Ohio | U.S. Utility Contractor Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck, about 16 feet above the ground. A semi truck driving down the road struck the bucket, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the leg, elbow, wrist, collarbone, teeth, etc., and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-22 | Ponca City | Oklahoma | MERTZ MANUFACTURING, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on the back of a semi truck attaching hoses to a trailer. He fell off the side of the truck, landing on the ground about 45 inches below. He was hospitalized to treat fractures in his back. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Broken Bow | Oklahoma | TYSON FOODS, INC. | Ankle(s) | Trip on uneven surface without fall |
| An employee was exiting the back of a semi truck trailer. They stepped down and their right ankle rolled on the rocks, suffering a dislocation. | |||||
| 2018-01-13 | Columbus | Ohio | J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Slip on substance without fall |
| An employee was walking around the front of a semi truck when his left foot slipped on ice and his right foot stayed planted. He broke his right tibia and fibula and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-02-08 | Ardmore | Oklahoma | LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES INC | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was retrieving a semi truck tire rim from an elevated storage rack using a ladder. The ladder moved and the employee fell and sustained a large gash on the head. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Fort Lupton | Colorado | Renewable Fiber Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Bodily conditions, n.e.c. |
| An employee was helping unload a semi truck from behind the semi. As he opened the doors of the semi, the semi backed up which startled the employee. He started feeling chest pains and went to his manager's office to explain he wasn't feeling well. The employee was hospitalized where it was determined that the employee had a minor stroke. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Aurora | Colorado | Barton Leasing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cleaning the air tank of a semi truck with steam when hot water released and sprayed him, burning his left arm, chest, and back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-25 | Spring | Texas | Fastenal Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was loading and unloading a semi truck with a forklift. The employee got off the forklift when it began to roll and pinned him between the semi truck and the forklift. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2016-01-15 | Higginsville | Missouri | Falcon Transport Company | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was cleaning the windshield of his semi truck when he fell from the rig and fractured his hip. He was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | Noel | Missouri | Morton Buildings, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On or about 12/16/15, an employee was opening the gate for a semi truck to leave the area. The semi trailer's rear bumper with the hazmat sign got hooked on the gate. The gate broke loose from the hinges and went flying 10 feet in the air landing on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, a potential hole in the lung, and a facial laceration. | |||||
| 2015-10-08 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Zenith Tech, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
| An employee was removing plywood forms for concrete from beneath a highway overpass. The lift bucket was side swiped by the trailer of a semi truck. The employee suffered broken bones. | |||||
| 2015-09-30 | Laverne | Oklahoma | BEAVER EXPRESS | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| The injured employee, a semi truck driver, left the company in Woodward to deliver a load at various locations in Oklahoma. He left Woodward around 3:00 AM to go to the site in Laverne, OK. When he got to the site, he opened the door and got a forklift truck out to unload the truck by himself. Someone came to the site later and found him on the ground. He may have fallen from the back of the truck. He had 3 broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain. | |||||
| 2015-09-22 | Holiday City | Ohio | MLC Transportation, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On September 22, 2015, an employee made a delivery to a customer location. A forklift driver for the customer struck part of the delivery trailer causing damage. When the trailer was unloaded the semi truck operator climbed up onto the trailer to inspect for damage. As the operator was inspecting the trailer he slipped and fell five feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2015-09-01 | Shannon | Illinois | Eastland Feed and Grain, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On September 1, 2015, an employee parked his semi truck in the shop on the cement floor for servicing. He was going to lift the truck onto jack stands by first lifting it with the jack lift. While lifting the truck, the employee got down to the floor level to look beneath it. The handle of the jack lift fell, striking his left-hand little finger against the floor and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-08-17 | Ellisville | Missouri | GERSTNER ELECTRIC, INC. | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was painting a traffic light pole at an intersection when a semi truck struck the bucket truck he was working in. He was ejected from the bucket onto the pavement and was hospitalized with multiple skull fractures. | |||||
| 2015-05-30 | Williston | North Dakota | BH Flow Testing | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee suffered a fractured leg after getting pinned between a semi truck and a tank at or near 58th Street NW in Williston, North Dakota. | |||||