Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at FedEx Ground
Start: 6/28/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025066243 · 6/28/2025 · FedEx Ground

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Chutes
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: FedEx Ground
Location: 450 Northpoint Ct, COVINGTON, LOUISIANA, 70433
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was prepping a trailer load area by lowering the chute that drops packages into the trailer. As she pulled the chute down, her finger was crushed between the handle of the chute and a metal plate that was under the chute. The chute caused a severe laceration to her finger that required surgery and hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown