Usf Reddaway, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 18, 2020: Employee fractures hip when struck by forklift

At 9:00 a.m. on August 18, 2020, an employee, a forklift operator, had removed pallets from the back of a truck and was filling out his paperwork using his forklift as a table. While the employee was hunched over and focused on the paperwork, another forklift operator was repositioning his forklift and was looking over his right shoulder and reversing. The employee was struck by the rear left side of the forklift which was in the drivers blind spot. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured hip.

Incident on Dec 19, 2018 (fatal): Employee is run over by tractor trailer that was backing up

At 6:15 a.m. on December 19, 2018, an employee was leaving his truck when he was run over by a second tractor trailer that was being backed up by a coworker. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and several other fractures. The employee died the following day.

Incident on Sep 21, 2017: Employee jumps from truck and fractures leg

At 12:00 p.m. on September 21, 2017, Employee #1, a new pick-up and delivery driver, was delivering a load of soil to a garden nursery. The employee was driving a 28 foot bobtail truck to deliver 4 pallets of soil, weighing a total of 8,184 pounds. He parked the truck on a street that was at a slight incline, and was attempting to use a non-powered pallet jack to remove the pallets of soils. Employee #1 successfully off-loaded one pallet and returned to the back of the truck for another. As he was standing between the loaded pallet jack, which was in the truck, and the liftgate on the back of the truck, the loaded pallet jack started to roll towards him on the liftgate. To avoid being struck by the load, the employee jumped off of the liftgate and onto the ground. Employee #1 suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula, and was hospitalized for his injuries.

Incident on Sep 20, 2017: Two employees suffer second degree burns from lpg tank explo

At 9:30 p.m. on September 20, 2017, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working in the loading dock area. Employee #1 was operating a Toyota forklift, Model 8FGU25 and Serial number 14319, unloading hardware freight from a trailer parked in a south bay of the loading dock. Employee #2 was operating a Toyota forklift, Model DR6X37 and Serial number 14290, unloading a trailer on the north loading dock, across from Employee #1. Just after backing out of the trailer with a pallet of hardware, Employee #1 turned his forklift around to place a pallet on the loading dock. As the forklift swung around approximately 180 degrees, the LPG tank swung free from the locked position and swung to the right away from the mounting point. Employee #1 entered the trailer to pick up another pallet, and the tank came in contact with the interior wall of the trailer. This contact punctured the LPG tank, and a visible white cloud of propane gas leaked from the tank. Employee #1 heard the leak, dismounted the forklift, and exited the trailer. Employee #2 also heard the impact and walked toward Employee #1 to find out what happened. Employee #1 walked back into the trailer to see if he could turn off the forklift, since the forklift has a safety so that the forklift will not move if no one is sitting in the operator's seat, but the forklift didn't shut off. Approximately 12 seconds after Employee #1 walked into the trailer, the leaked propane gas ignited and caused an explosion. The ignition source was most probably the exhaust system or the electrical system of the forklift. Employee#2 was approximately 20 feet away from the rear of the tractor trailer when the explosion occurred. Both of the employees were transported to a nearby hospital. Employee #1 was then taken to a burn unit and admitted. Employee #2 was released, but was transported by his mother the next morning to a burn unit, where he was also admitted. Both of the employees sustained second degree burns to the face and arms from the blast, and both spent several days in the hospital. several days in the hospital.

Incident on Jul 9, 2013 (fatal): Employee dies from cardiac arrest at his truck

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on July 9, 2013, Employee #1, with Usf Reddaway Inc., was found unresponsive, sitting, and slumped forward on a step. The cause was s udden cardiac death due to severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.