Irving, TX — A worker at the FedEx Ground facility in Irving near the Love Field Airport was taken to a hospital with critical injuries this afternoon after an accident. Police said that a woman, age unknown, was working at the FedEx facility when she accidentally got stuck on a conveyor belt.
The woman was pulled into some machinery and co-workers and emergency workers had to stop the belt and take apart the machine before the woman could be rescued.
She was immediately taken to a hospital (Parkland) and was last said to be in critical condition. Right now, the cause of the accident is still unclear and FedEx has yet to make any statements explaining what took place.
Map of the FedEx Facility
Commentary:
As the investigation is ongoing here, I’d be interested to hear from folks who work at that facility because an accident of this magnitude likely meant that something went very seriously wrong.
Employers have a duty to provide their workers with a reasonably safe working environment, and that’s especially true for employers that operate with heavy machinery — things like conveyor belts.
The article linked below explains how Texas law handles things like work-related accidents, and I think you’ll find that while our laws are slightly more friendly toward workers than most states, it’s still a system designed to benefit and protect the employer, not the employee.
Texas Work Injury Law Overview
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