Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430580

UPS AIR CARGO

Event
Container, Fracture, Leg, Struck By
NAICS
492110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345742852
Employer profile
UPS AIR CARGO
Summary number
221430580
Report ID
0418800

Event description

Employee fractures leg when struck by container

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on January, 13, 2022, an employee was verifying a container bin. A coworker, driving a tug truck, tried to do a turn and hit the container, causing the employee to get struck by the container. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fracture to the right leg.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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