Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Airlines, Inc., 355 CHALAN PASAHERU, TAMUNING, GUAM 96931
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was disconnecting a baggage cart from another baggage cart when the upper portion of the receiver hitch dropped and crushed the tip of their right index finger partially amputating it.
An employee was downloading bags off an aircraft. Upon exiting the cargo compartment, and while climbing down the steps of the belt loader, the employee lost her footing, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her wrist and hip.
An employee was driving a luggage tractor on the ramp area when the vehicle struck a dip in the ground that caused the wheels to come off the ground and bounce. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.
An employee was conducting training at the end of the passenger loading bridge. She tripped over the carpet of the jetway while instructing the trainee on jetway operations and fell onto her right hip, resulting in a severe hip injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was moving a locker from the back of a pickup truck to another truck. The employee's feet became entangled with security straps, causing him to lose his balance and fall backward from the truck to the ground. The employee sustained a traumatic brain injury.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 481112)
An employee was retrieving a water bottle from the operator compartment of a unit load device transporter. The transporter accelerated and ran over her foot, causing lacerations to the skin surrounding her toes that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee had been accessing the cargo door to load an aircraft. They fell 15 feet from an aircraft belt loader to the tarmac. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to both arms.
An employee was standing on the back bumper of a package car as another employee was backing up the vehicle. Their toes were crushed between the dock leveler and the bumper of the vehicle. The employee sustained fractures to their foot and toes and required surgery.
An employee was tying down air pallets onto a dolly when a nearby forklift reversed and struck a transfer dolly, which then hit the dolly that the employee was working on. The air pallet dolly subsequently struck the employee and knocked him over, resulting in hospitalization for pain in their lower back, left hip, thigh, and leg.
An employee was opening a zip tie using a knife. The knife slipped and cut the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation (without bone loss) to the fingertip.
An employee was moving a ramming machine to a staging area. While using the controls on the side of the machine, there was a sudden heavy rainfall causing the equipment to slide. The ramming machine tipped over and caught the employee against the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right side of their pelvis and was hospitalized.
During prep work and installation of formworks, a metal plate slid and caught an employee's left thumb. The employee suffered an open fracture to the last joint of the thumb and required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
At 10:20 a.m. on August 11, 2025, an employee slipped on a damp sidewalk covered with a thin layer of algae. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the left femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.