Freight Transportation Arrangement

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 18,298 businesses operating in the Freight Transportation Arrangement industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 205,074 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Support Activities for Transportation Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in Lexington, KY on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at 60320 - United Parcel Service Inc which had occured on the same day. A 44 year old man working as a employee was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID110388.015

Accident Date2018-10-23

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn October 23, 2018, an employee was sucked into a conveyor system and was transported to UK Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, September 25th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Atlanta, GA at Xpo Logistics Freight, Inc.. A 50 year old man working as a Supervisor was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID109574.015

Accident Date2018-09-24

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:30 a.m. on September 24, 2018, an employee was in the yard and was helping a hostler driver for lining up a hostler to a trailer. The employee was struck by a 53 foot trailer when moving back by a hostler to line up in the yard. He suffered blunt force trauma to abdomen and chest area.

The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, January 8th 2018 by OSHA representitives in West Sacramento, CA after learning of an incident at Devine Intermodal which had occured on Tuesday, December 5th 2017. A 32 year old Driver-sales worker had been injured when the

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OSHA ID105382.015

Accident Date2017-12-05

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 9:45 a.m. on December 5, 2017, Employee #1 was on the rear right side of his truck trailer locking down the container to the chassis. Another truck drove up beside him and pinned him in between the two trucks chassis. Employee #1 suffered from lacerations to scalp and left leg.