OSHA has inspected FedEx Express 19 times in Connecticut since 1999.
The latest one began on Jan 24, 2019 on a referral, in Stratford.
Those inspections ended with 22 citation items: 22 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $32,565 and now stand at $15,640, 52% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.303.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and FedEx Express averages $2,047 (3 cited inspections).
FedEx Express also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jan 4, 2019: Employee falls causing head injuries
At 5:30 p.m. on January 4, 2019, an employee was returning to his truck after delivering a package when he slipped and fell. The employee fell on his right elbow and hit the right side of his head on the ground, requiring hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Windsor Locks site logged 23 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 233 workers: 10.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 7.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 297 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
FedEx 100 OLD COUNTY CIRCLE
Windsor Locks · 2023
233
23
20
10.6
7.8
FedEx 347 STATE ST
North Haven · 2023
107
10
7
10.8
7.8
FedEx 35 MOUNTAIN VIEW DR
Watertown · 2023
71
2
1
3.2
7.8
FedEx 500 LORDSHIP BLVD
Stratford · 2023
75
4
2
6.4
7.8
FedEx 3 DOMINICAN DR
Norwich · 2023
60
4
4
7.1
7.8
730
Windsor Locks · 2022
257
27
23
11.2
7.8
728
North Haven · 2022
120
5
3
4.8
7.8
727
Stratford · 2022
82
7
6
9.9
7.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 4, 2019, Stratford: Hospitalization · fractures · elbow(s)
An employee tripped and fell while walking to a vehicle in the parking lot, suffering a fractured right elbow.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
