Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DAL Global Services LLC, 1 Airport Road, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03103
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped and fell while walking from a ticket counter toward a break room. The employee suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized.
An employee had chest pain and difficulty breathing after pushing a wheelchair to drop off a passenger at an airport gate. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee suffered a trans-phalangeal amputation of the middle finger on the right hand. The employee was attempting to connect two baggage-transferring carts manually by pulling them into each other. The employee placed his hand on one baggage cart and pulled it to the second cart with his other hand in an effort to connect the two. The employee's hand was caught between the two carts, causing a middle finger amputation on his right hand at the first knuckle.
An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.
An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.
An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561599)
An employee was operating a tug and going around a parked cart when the tug struck the cart, catching their left foot between them. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left tibia and fibula.
An employee was performing road assistance activities and was in the process of towing a vehicle when they were struck by another vehicle. The employee sustained injuries to their back, right clavicle, arm, pelvis, hip, and leg, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was climbing a truck ladder to mount a truck. The employee fell off the ladder to the ground about 3 feet below, suffering contusions and fractures to his arm.
An employee was driving a golf cart around a stationary aircraft. A baggage tug struck the employee and his cart; the employee suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a lung injury.
An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.
An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.