FedEx Freight: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 16, 2019: Employee is crushed by falling box, fractures both legs

At 4:50 a.m. on January 16, 2019, an employee was working with a coworker inside a 28 foot trailer loading and unloading boxes of metal automotive parts. The parts were shrink wrapped and stacked 15 boxes per pallet and weighed approximately 100 pounds each. The employee had manually removed one of two crates resting on a metal beam and set it on the dock. The coworker was operating a forklift when he lifted the crate with the forks so the employee could pull the beam out. The crate fell off the forks and onto the employee's legs. He suffered multiple fractures on his legs and was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 17, 2017: Employee's finger is amputated when caught between dolly and

At 4:15 p.m. on October 17, 2017, an employee was attaching a Hyundai Translead HT Dolly to the back of the front trailer being readied to haul. The dolly was on a slanted surface which caused it to roll as the employee was holding the dolly by the frame. As it rolled, the dolly bounced and the eye hook, which attaches to the pintle hook, went into an opening above the pintle hook. The employee's left hand was caught between the dolly and trailer frame. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left pinky finger.