Scheduled Freight Air Transportation

Industry Summary

With recent employment losses of over -5.63%, The Scheduled Freight Air Transportation industry has been taking a real beating. The last reported numbers showed about 11,754 employees working within the industry which is a shocking decrease considering the numbers were reported at 12,455 in 2014. All told there are a total of 663 businesses in operation with the Scheduled Freight Air Transportation industry. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

On Wednesday, September 6th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Ontario, CA which had occured previously at Ups. A 33 year old had been injured when the
OSHA ID103072.015
Accident Date2017-09-01
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 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.
OSHA investigators arrived in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at United Parcel Service Inc. which had occured on Friday, August 18th 2017. A 47 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee catches finger between rollered while sorting boxes
OSHA ID98383.015
Accident Date2017-08-18
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:15 p.m. on August 18, 2017, an employee was sorting boxes and caught a finger between two machine rollers. The employee suffered an amputation and was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, November 29th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Los Angeles, CA at Fed Ex Corporation. A 40 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the employee fell from scissor lift and fractured lumbar
OSHA ID101066.015
Accident Date2017-08-09
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on August 9, 2017, an employee was working from a scissor lift to access maintenance panels on the wing of an MD-10. He was attempting to close the difficult to reach maintenance panel and overreached. The employee fell over the guardrail of the scissor lift and onto the floor below, a distance of 8-10 ft. The employee received a lumbar fracture and was hospitalized.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
15.19
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 134
-41.7%
Inspection Rate: 1.79
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 15

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