Air Freight Atlanta

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

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 helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.