NAICS sector 484·Federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports

Trucking & Freight Transportation

2,420 severe-injury reports to federal OSHA between 2015-01-01 and 2025-11-25, including 2,185 hospitalizations and 340 amputations.

Truck transportation (NAICS 484) covers freight carriers, LTL terminals, and drayage operators. The severe injuries OSHA records here happen at the dock and terminal, not on the highway: workers crushed between trailers, falls from trailers and loading platforms, and forklift and pallet-jack injuries while loading and unloading. Important jurisdiction note: OSHA regulates the workplace, so crashes and injuries on public roads fall under the US DOT and FMCSA, not OSHA, and are not in this data. This is the workplace-safety slice of the industry, not highway collisions. Counts are federal-OSHA-reported only.

2,420Severe injuries

2,185Hospitalizations

340Amputations

0Eye losses

Employers with the most severe injuries in this sector

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 R+L Carriers Shared Services, LLC. 47 2 ESTES EXPRESS LINES 41 3 FEDEX FREIGHT 39 4 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 26 5 CRETE CARRIER CORPORATION 23 6 AAA Cooper Transportation, 20 7 XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT, INC. 19 8 YRC FREIGHT 18 9 XPO LOGISTICS 17 10 ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. 16

Sub-industries within Trucking & Freight Transportation

Drill into the more specific NAICS classifications beneath this sector, each with the employers on the federal OSHA record in it.

NAICS 4841 General Freight Trucking 12,525 employers · 150,711 records NAICS 4842 Specialized Freight Trucking 5,505 employers · 59,108 records

Example incidents

SAIA, INC. ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA · 2025-11-25 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking on the dock when they were struck by a forklift as it was backing out of a door. The employee fell, striking his head on the dock floor. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and brain bleed.
Braun's Express, Inc. COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA · 2025-11-18 · Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet
An employee was checking a loud noise on a truck. They were standing on the liftgate when they opened the rear door of the truck. An unsecured pallet struck them, causing them to fall off the liftgate to the ground. The employee suffered a rib fracture and a head contusion.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United LINCOLNTON, GEORGIA · 2025-11-14 · Flash fire
A service technician was using a welding torch to thaw ice surrounding a thermostat. Propane leaking from an evaporator ignited, causing flash burns to the employee's face, upper torso, and arms.
Ruan Transportation Management Systems SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS · 2025-11-13 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
An employee was closing the tarp on an aluminum dump trailer when he fell about 10 to 12 feet to the ground. He sustained multiple severe injuries, including fractures to his right cheekbone, sternum, a wrist, and his pelvis.
Liberty Coca Cola Beverages LLC PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA · 2025-11-12 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee entered a trailer with a lowered dock leveler to retrieve his cellphone. While exiting the trailer, he went to pull the overhead trailer door closed and his right leg fell in a gap between the trailer and the dock. The employee sustained a fractured leg that required hospitalization.
Annett Holdings dba TMC Transportation, Inc BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA · 2025-11-11 · Other fall to lower level unspecified
An employee was tarping the load on a flatbed trailer. The employee fell from the trailer to the ground and suffered a broken left wrist.

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Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports, federal jurisdiction, 2015-01-01 – 2025-11-25. State-plan states are not included.