UPS: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 22, 2021: Employee fractures leg when struck against air container and

At 6:00 a.m. on May 22, 2021, an employee working for a parcel delivery service was preparing to transfer air containers to a rack. Coworkers on the other side of the air container pushed the container before the employee was ready in the proper position. The employee was struck by the container and metal rack. She was hospitalized to treat a fractured right leg.

Incident on Nov 25, 2019 (fatal): Two employees are crushed and killed when caught in tractor

At 5:30 a.m. on November 25, 2019, two employees were driving a UG50-WG Toyota Baggage Tow Tractor when they turned sharply to the right and the tractor rolled over on them, crushing and killed them. Both employees were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.

Incident on Aug 15, 2019: Employee amputates fingertip when closing back door of deliv

At approximately 12:15 p.m. on August 15, 2019, an employee closed the back door of a vehicle and injured his right middle fingertip. The fingertip was amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Incident on Aug 23, 2018: Employee partially amputates finger while sorting packages

At 4:40 a.m. on August 23, 2018, Employee #1 was sorting packages. Employee #1 was reaching out for a package to his left from where he was standing and he placed his right hand on the round railing on the metal slide when a package slid down the slide very quickly and hurt his pinky finger. The employee suffered a partial traumatic amputation of the right little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 25, 2018 (fatal): Employee collapses to floor and dies

At 5:15 p.m. on June 25, 2018, a supervisor was working in an establishment's sorting house. As he was walking from one area to another, the supervisor experienced difficulty breathing and collapsed midstride and fell to the floor, striking his jaw. A coworker that had witnessed the incident came to the supervisor's aid; however, it was too late. The supervisor died.

Incident on Sep 1, 2017: Employee is dehydrated in hot weather

At 3:00 p.m. on September 1, 2017, an employee was making deliveries and notified the employer that he was not feeling well. The employer directed the employee to stop work, seek shade, and cool off. The employer drove the employee, provided first aid, and offered to take the employee to the hospital. The employee declined, but was later taken by his wife to the hospital that night for dehydration.

Incident on Aug 3, 2017: Employee is hospitalized for heat illness

At 4:30 p.m. on August 3, 2017, Employee #1 was working as a delivery driver, delivering parcels on his usual route. The employee returned to the distribution facility at the end of his shift. A coworker noticed Employee #1 vomiting and alerted the supervisor, who called emergency services. EMS arrived within a few minutes and transported the employee to a nearby hospital, where he remained for treatment of possible heat illness.

Incident on Apr 5, 2017: Employee partially amputates finger when hand is caught betw

At 2:00 a.m. on April 5, 2017, an employee was in the process of unloading air cargo containers onto static racks. The employee finger was smashed between the static rack and the container, fracturing finger and amputating the tip of the index finger.

Incident on Jan 21, 2017: Employee slips from a fixed ladder and impales himself on ha

At 2:30 a.m. on January 21, 2017, an employee was descending a fixed ladder when their right hand slipped from the handrail and he fell from the ladder. The employee impaled himself when he sat on top of a handle. The extent of the injury was not described in the initial accident report. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuires.

Incident on May 18, 2013: Employee lacerates finger when caught in truck door

On May 18, 2013, Employee #1, a truck driver, was exiting his truck. The employe e closed the door of the truck and his finger was caught in the door. Employee # 1 reported to an area hospital, where he was treated for a finger laceration, an d later released.

Incident on Mar 26, 2013: Employee's amputates fingertip between frames of conveyor

At approximately 11:13 a.m. on April 1, 2013, Employee #1, a Hub Supervisor, job was to make sure employees unloading trucks were doing their job; manage where truck drivers could park their trailers; and assist where he was needed. The emp loyee went to the work area and started a pre-trip inspection of the area to mak e sure there were no problems with the conveyors and make sure all the night swi tches were working properly. By this time coworkers were arriving and Employee # 1 started assigning the coworkers to their work lines to start unloading the tra ilers. A coworker was on line 1025 and had finished unloading a trailer. The cow orker was having problems folding and moving the rollers back into the dock from the trailer. Employee #1 noticed the problem and told his coworker to stop and he would take care of the problem. The employee got in the back of the trailer a nd began lifting the rollers over a metal flap. While pushing in rollers that ar e used to transfer material from the trailer beds to the dock somehow his right middle finger was pinched between the frames of the conveyor rollers causing the fingertip amputation. Employee #1 was taken to an area hospital, where he was t reated for his middle finger tip amputation and later released.

Incident on Jul 24, 2012: Employee is crushed between streering wheel and trailer

At approximately 11:25 a.m. on July 24, 2012, Employee #1 went to the bulk areas and noticed that the packages were backing up due to insufficient amounts of tu gs to unload the packages. The employee was climbing into a parked pit irregular cart to check to see if there were any available carts to use due to the backin g up of packages on the bulk area. Employee #1 climbed into a pit irregular cart to drive to the outside yard area where unused pit irregular carts were parked. The employee noticed an unused cart parked and while leaving the outside yard a rea to return to the bulk area, he stepped on the pedal forgetting that the pit irregular cart gear was in reverse. Employee #1 went backwards crashing into a p arked trailer. The employee was pinned between the bottom of the trailer and the steering wheel of the pit irregular cart. Employee #1 was crushed between the s ide of the trailer and the steering wheel of the pit cart. Paramedics took the e mployee to UCI-Orange, where he was treated for a crushing injury to his spleen. Employee #1 remains hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 7, 2006: Supervisor sustains fracture when pushed into tow tractor

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on December 6, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a sup ervisor at a United Parcel Service (UPS) facility in Ontario, CA. A coworker of his was operating an FMC Model Number B1200 "push back" tow tractor, with Serial Number B12DZ98025, and a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 100,000 pounds. It was d esigned for pushing and towing aircraft. The push back operator was driving sout h toward Employee #1's location. Employee #1 was on the ground, facing a Tiger M odel Number TIG- 40 tug, with Serial Number 497011, and a weight of 5500 pounds. It was facing northeast. As the coworker approached Employee #1's location, he turned off the ignition and applied the brakes. The push back, however, continue d on its southward motion. The push back struck the back end of the tug, throwin g it in a counterclockwise spin. The tug struck Employee #1, pushing him against the push back, which was still moving. The push back came to a stop several fee t past the collision site. Employee #1 sustained an unspecified fracture, and he was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. He was hospitalized.

Incident on Aug 14, 2006: Employee is injured when pinned between dock plate and truck

On August 14, 2006, Employee #1, a delivery driver, was delivering packages to a large hardware and fastener company. Employee #1 made deliveries to the company five days a week and had done so for approximately 5 years. Employee #1 operate d a standard van. As per his routine, Employee #1 backed his van into the standa rd 18-wheeler loading dock, walked to the back of his van, opened the roll-up do or while standing on the bumper, retrieved the packages and gave them off to a r eceiving employee. As Employee #1 attempted to lock the sliding door on the van his keys fell into the slot of the main dock plate and the lip mechanism. Employ ee #1 asked an on-site employee to activate the dock plate so he could retrieve his keys. As that employee hit the power to activate the hydraulically driven do ck plate, Employee #1 stood on his bumper waiting for the dock plate to rise. Em ployee #1 had never seen the dock plate activated and as it rose, the lip mechan ism that extends into the bed of a standard 18-wheeler trailer started to extend pinning Employee #1 to the roll-up door of his van. An alert employee jumped in to the van and released the parking brake allowing the van to go forward and rel ieve pressure on Employee #1's abdominal cavity. Employee #1 suffered a crushed middle colic artery and other abdominal injuries requiring surgery and eight day s of hospitalization.

Incident on Apr 22, 2005: Employee fractures rib and back when pinned against dock

On April 22, 2005, Employee #1, a yard supervisor for United Parcel Service, was standing outside the adjacent to loading dock, door Number 18. At that time a y ard tractor operator was going to drop a trailer at the same door. Neither perso n saw each other. After backing the trailer into place, the operator disconnecte d and drove off, not realizing that Employee #1 was pinned between the back of t he trailer and the loading dock. Another employee hearing Employee #1's yell res ponded and the trailer was moved to release Employee #1. The West Sacramento Fir e Department transported the Employee #1 to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacrament o, California where he was hospitalized. After returning home, he began having b reathing difficulty and excessive pain. On May 25, 2005, he went to St. Joseph H ospital in Stockton, California, where it was determined that he sustained numer ous fractures to his rib and back.

Incident on Nov 19, 2004: Employee's finger is amputated while lifting rack

At approximately 12:40 p.m. on November 19, 2004, an employee, a mechanic, was m anually moving a newly assembled static rack, weighing approximately 400 lbs, in position for sending it to another shipping area in the packages shipping facil ity. During lifting the rack from one side with an iron bar, it slid and his glo ved right index finger got pinched between a latch and the rack's frame. The emp loyee sustained crushing injury of his right index finger tip. The employee was taken to the Concentra Medical Clinic, Ontario, CA. Amputation surgery was perfo rmed the same day, and the employee returned to work next day.

Incident on Nov 8, 2004: Employee amputates finger when caught by dolly handle

At approximately 5:00 a.m. on November 8, 2004, Employee #1 was trying to manual ly hook up two empty airplane dollies in the shipping yard with her gloved right hand. Her right index finger got caught between the dolly's tongue handle and p intle base. Employee #1 sustained an amputation injury to her right index finger . She was transported to San Antonio Hospital where she was treated for her inju ry.

Incident on Dec 8, 2003: Employee is injured when crushed between vehicles

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 8, 2003, Employee #1 and two coworkers we re collecting air cargo containers and dollies that had been left in Lot C of th e Ontario International Airport. The two coworkers were operating tugs while Emp loyee #1 was preparing a dolly with a mounted air container for coupling to a tu g that was operated by one of the coworkers. Employee #1 had released the brakes on the container dolly by lowering the dolly tongue to a level where it could b e coupled to the hitch on the back of the tug. When the coworker attempted to ba ck the tug into position, he lost control of the vehicle and it accelerated rapi dly toward the dolly and pinned Employee #1 between the tug and the front of dol ly frame. Employee #1 suffered a compound fracture of his lower left leg and was hospitalized at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, CA for 5 days.

Incident on Jun 12, 2003: Employee injured when leg caught between tug and dolly

At 3:00 a.m. on June 12, 2003, Employee #1 was connecting tugs to dollies with c ontainers in a parking lot and he was also instructing the operators where to ta ke the container according to the manifest attached to the container. Employee # 1 was a regular employee of the Parcel Services employer. Just before the accide nt, Employee #1 connected a tug, Number 7687, to a dolly with a container, Numbe r 41598, on it. There were two more dollies attached to the dolly with the conta iner. Employee #1 moved to the right after making the connection to connect anot her tug to a dolly. While Employee #1 was making that connection, the operator o f the previous tug made a hard left turn and hit the dolly with one of the other dollies that Employee #1 was working on. Due to the impact, the dolly moved for ward and Employee #1's left leg got caught between the tongue and the hitch of t he tug as he tried to move out of the way. Employee #1 received multiple fractur es on his left lower leg which required hospitalization for 3 days.

Incident on Dec 12, 2002: Employee suffers amputation when finger caught in door

At approximately 6:50 a.m. on December 12, 2002, Employee #1 was conducting a co unseling session with a subordinate. Employee #1 commenced to close a pocket doo r between his office and the adjoining office by placing his right index finger in the latch assembly hole in order to pull the door from the pocket of the wall . Employee #1 continued to pull the door closed by the use of the hole instead o f using the attached closure. After Employee #1 closed the door he noticed that there was blood coming from his finger and realized he had severed the tip of hi s finger. Employee #1 wrapped his finger and packed the severed portion of his f inger in ice and was transported to the hospital for medical treatment where the y were able to reattach the portion of finger that was severed. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Incident on Jan 9, 2001: Employee injured in fall from elevation

Employee #1 was starting to come done a stairway. Employee #1 slipped at top, lo st his balance and fell. Employee #1 was by an open loading dock door when he fe ll. Employee #1 rolled off the open edge and fell to the ground. Employee #1 suf fered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 7, 1999: Employee injured when finger caught under vehicle seat

Employee #1, a supervisor, was in the process of being trained for a class 'A' d river's license by his employer, United Parcel Service Inc. which delivers mail. Employee #1 had been trained in the proper techniques of entering and exiting a tractor trailer cab and the three-point stance required when entering and exiti ng a vehicle. Employee #1 was standing on the assist step into the cab on the pa ssenger side of the vehicle. He was in the process of putting a bag behind the p assenger seat when Employee #1 lost his balance and footing. Employee #1 grabbed for a hold with his left hand when his wedding ring caught on something under t he seat. This caused a de-gloving amputation accident to occur with the left han d fourth or ring finger. Upon investigation, no evidence was found as to what Em ployee #1s finger got caught on at the time of the accident.

Incident on Feb 9, 1995: Employee's finger amputated when caught in conveyor

Employee #1, who had recently been made a permanent employee of a package and sh ipping company, was operating a power extender w/c, a telescoping conveyor used to unload trucks. Operating the controls with his left hand, the employee protra cted the extender to contact the roller conveyor inside the truck. Employee #1 s lipped on a package and used his right hand to stabilize himself by resting it o n the edge of the conveyor. As a result, his hand was caught between the conveyo r and the front of the power extender. Employee #1's right index finger was almo st completely amputated.

Incident on May 4, 1991: Employee injured when caught between parts of cargo loader

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on May 4, 1991, Employee #1, a marshaler on the ramp at Ontario International Airport and her crew were using tugs with dollies and a K-loader to put containers onto a DC-8 aircraft The K-loader is a lifting devic e as well as a conveyor; the operator's platform is elevated to the height of th e aircraft entrance and the bridge portion of the K-loader moves vertically. Emp loyee #1 had been marshaling in tugs, dropping the locks on the dollies, and mov ing the containers onto the K-loader bridge. During one procedure, she approache d the dolly before the K-loader bridge had descended to its lowest point. The br idge struck her buttocks, crushing her between its moving and stationary parts. She sustained serious injuries, for which she was hospitalized. There had been d isagreement between Employee #1 and coworkers concerning the practice of lowerin g the locks before the K-loader bridge was completely lowered.

Incident on Oct 10, 1990: Employee injured in fall while off loading truck

At approximately 2:15 a.m. on October 10, 1990, Employee #1, of the United Parce l Service, was unloading packages from a truck and putting them onto a powered r oller next to the trailer. The packages were backing up, becoming stuck, and the n failing to move onto the porta-slide. Employee #1 retrieved some of the packag es. As she went to replace them on the slide, she fell between the slide and the back of the trailer, striking her left side on the slide's edge.