Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Delta Airlines, 2100 B Central Cargo Circle, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30354
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employee reached below a luggage belt to clear a jam in the domestic counter area. He severed three fingers on his right hand (thumb, pinky, ring).
On November 16, 2024, an employee was clearing items in the drive lane next to the conveyor belt near a gate when the conveyor struck the employee's right leg and they sustained a fractured right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was attempting to install a main landing gear when his finger was caught between the gear lube and trunnion lube, resulting in left middle and ring fingertip amputations.
An employee was loading bags onto a luggage cart. A bag fell off a luggage slide and struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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