FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.

Overexertion in lifting-single episode - Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk - HENDERSON, Colorado

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. in HENDERSON, Colorado
Employer FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Address 8951 YOSEMITE STREET
City, State ZIP HENDERSON, Colorado 80640
Report ID 2021053675
Event Date May 4, 2021
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Body Part Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Source of Injury Buckets, baskets, pails
Secondary Source Paint
Industry (NAICS) 492110
GPS Coordinates 39.85000, -104.89000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to lift a 5-gallon bucket of paint and sustained a partially collapsed lung. Dried paint had caused the bucket to be stuck to the floor.

Incident Summary

On May 4, 2021, a worker at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. in HENDERSON, Colorado suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as overexertion in lifting-single episode, with buckets, baskets, pails identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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