Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABM Aviation, Inc., 5401 N MLK Blvd. , LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79403
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking inside an airport terminal when his radio fell down. As he went to pick it up, he lost his balance and fell onto his right knee, fracturing it. He was hospitalized.
On October 21, 2018, an employee was working with another employee to replace a low temperature hot water pump. When he went to disconnect the pump, the water sprayed on him, scalding his left arm and the left side of his torso. The water line to the pump was not turned off at the time of the incident.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
On 6/23/2025, an employee was walking when her shoe caught on the flat tile floor and she struck the office door next to her desk. The employee sustained fractured shoulders and required surgery.
An employee arrived at a client's home to pick them up. They were walking to the the front door when they slipped on ice and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to their right leg above the knee.
An employee had been using a forklift to offload steel crates from a truck. The employee was closing the panel door of a crate that was unloaded and had been set aside as another forklift was pushing the crates when the employee's right index finger became caught between the panel doors of the crates. The finger was crushed and lacerated, requiring surgery.
An employee was walking in the yard when a yard truck struck them. It was raining/snowing at the time. They sustained a fractured leg and hip, as well as bleeding on the brain and collapsed lungs.
An employee was walking to the dock when their feet got entangled in some cables that were attached to the building and they fell to the cement floor sustaining a head injury.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.