FedEx Ground Package System Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 17, 2021: Employee contacts running fan blade and amputates finger

At approximately 1:50 a.m. on April 17, 2021, an employee was manually repositioning a wall-mounted fan at a dock door. While adjusting the fan's direction, the employee's finger made contact with the running fan blade through a damaged section of the fan blade guard enclosure. As a result, the employee sustained an amputation of the ring finger up to the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Incident on Oct 20, 2020: Employee crushes three fingers on conveyor belt, one finger

At 9:00 p.m. on October 20, 2020, an employee was facing packages as they travelled on the 926 ICS201A powered conveyor in an unloading area. The conveyor belt stopped moving, the employee and three coworkers attempted to start the conveyor belt by manually pulling the belt. As the conveyor began to move, the employee's hand went underneath the transition plate, resulting in a crush injury to three fingers on his right hand. The employee required a surgical amputation of the finger at the distal tip.

Incident on Oct 14, 2020: Employee fractures hip in trip on conveyor support beam and

At 8:00 a.m. on October 14, 2020, an employee was in the process of exiting the facility. As he walked in a demarcated aisle, he tripped on a conveyor support beam and fell. The employee sustained a left hip fracture. The employee was admitted to the hospital and discharged on October 28, 2020.

Incident on Apr 28, 2020: Employee fractures hip when slips and falls

At 1:30 a.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was breaking down cardboard boxes by hand in the off-load department. The employee slipped on cardboard. The employee sustained a broken hip, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Incident on Oct 29, 2018: Employee falls after tripping over speed bump and fractures

At 9:30 a.m. on October 29, 2018, an employee was walking towards Belt #6 to check on coworkers that were sorting packages and tripped on a speed bump as she went to walk over it. The employee fractured her left leg's femur and was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 29, 2017: Employee amputates fingertip

At 12:35 a.m. on June 29, 2017, Employee #1 was overseeing the trailer loading dock during the night shift. the employee was assisting a coworker by rolling up and closing the chute. Employee#1 was standing to the right of Chute # 138. He pushed the mechanical locking button to retract the latches and closed the gate to the package chute with his left hand. As Employee #1 closed the gate, he curled his right middle finger into the path of the gate and crushed it in the pathway of the gate. The tip of the finger was amputated, which he was hospitalized and received treatment for his injury.

Incident on Apr 8, 2008: Employee's hand is caught in package-sorting conveyor belt

On April 8, 2008, an employee was working as a maintenance technician with FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., at a hub in Sacramento. He had been assigned, as h e was each day, to inspect and service the facility's scan tunnels. They were a system of belt conveyors moving through an array of mirrors and cameras. One ste p of the service of the tunnels was to clean and dust the mirrors and cameras. T he scan tunnel where the accident occurred had a single mirror and camera locate d underneath the belt conveyors. After cleaning the mirror and camera, the emplo yee was exiting the area, when the feather duster he used to dust the mirror and camera became entangled in the end pulley of an operating belt conveyor. His ri ght hand was drawn into the pulley as well. He was able to shut the system down by actuating a safety cord, and a coworker cut the belt to free his hand. Emerge ncy personnel responded, and he was transported to UC Davis Medical Center in Sa cramento. He was treated for trauma to his right hand; treatment required four s urgeries and a major skin graft. The employee was released after spending ten da ys in the hospital.