Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.

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 was connecting dollies loaded with unit load devices (ULDs) and crushed his left ring finger between a dolly tongue and the hitch of another dolly, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

On September 21, 2024, an employee suffered a fingertip amputation when her left middle finger was caught in a closing door.

On September 16, 2024, an employee was on the ladder of a loader assisting with offloading an aircraft when they fell 10 feet from the ladder to the floor. The employee sustained fractured wrists and vertebrae.

An employee was at the scale station and was struck by bag tug that was backing up to connect the tug hitch to the dolly tongue. The employee was pinned between the dolly and the tug, resulting in a fractured femur that required surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

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 cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.