Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Menzies Aviation, 157 Conrad Road, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07114
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a tug when he heard a bang and saw smoke. He jumped from the tug while it was in motion and sustained a broken right femur.
A fuel truck operator was crawling under a fuel truck to put down an absorbent pad, due to a fuel leak. The employee was caught in a rotating shaft under the truck and sustained a broken ribs, a fractured vertebra, and a right shoulder injury.
Employees were operating a baggage tractor on a service road. The tractor made contact with an aircraft's left wing and the seat of the tractor was ripped off. The employees were thrown to the ground. Two employees were hospitalized with injuries including a chipped tooth, bruises and abrasions, a dislocated hip, a fractured humerus bone, and a laceration to the left knee.
An employee was working on the brakes of a baggage cart. The employee's left little finger was smashed between the side of the trailer and a tongue that locked the tires. The finger required surgery, having suffered minor damage to the bone.
An employee was freeing stuck baggage at an airport baggage carousel. The carousel caught the employee's index finger, causing an amputation to the end of the finger.
An employee was operating a forklift to move panels around the dock area when the vehicle struck a joint where the two floors meet. The employee lurched forward and struck his head on the steering wheel. The employee then fell from the vehicle and sustained a dislocated disc in their back, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was standing inside a semi-trailer when the driver of the semi-trailer pulled away, causing the employee to fall backward and strike their head on a steel dock plate. The employee suffered a skull fracture, a fractured L1 vertebra, a broken coccyx, a laceration/abrasion to the head, and a brain bleed.
An employee was riding an ATV, catching up with a stray cow to return it to a pen. The ATV tire struck a hole or other obstacle, causing the employee to be ejected and fall to the ground. His leg was broken and he was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a van in reverse when they fell out of the vehicle and landed on the ground in the parking lot. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 488119)
An employee was operating a tug that had been re-tagged due to faulty brakes. As the employee approached the designated parking area, he slowed the tug using the clutch and then exited the tug. He went to stop the tug from colliding with a concrete wall when his right ankle became caught between the tug and a parking stall barrier. He sustained a fractured ankle and was hospitalized.
An employee had just arrived to work and was driving a tug to the gatehouse. The tug ran over chocks while exiting the inbound area, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.
An employee was manually pulling a container from the aft cargo hold of a wide-body jetliner. Their right little finger got pinned between the container and the edge of the cargo door. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was offloading an airplane flight. After driving a transporter car to place a pallet on a static rack, he got off the transporter to apply the lock and secure the pallet on the rack. The pallet began to roll off the rack and pinned the employee against the transporter. He suffered a broken right leg.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.