Hewitt police responded to a hazmat incident at the FedEx distribution center on Alliance Parkway early Thursday morning.

Hewitt Police Chief Jim Devlin, said an employee came in contact with an oily residue on the outside of a package and became sick.

The employee drove himself to a local hospital to be checked out.

Out of an abundance of caution, officers locked down the facility and requested a Hazmat team and the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad.

The Hazmat team checked air quality and the bomb squad X-rayed the package, which apparently did not present a hazard.