Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Airlines, Inc., 2122 North 16th Ave., Hangar 4, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS 75261
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a power cord from an aircraft. As he was descending the ladder, he fell to the ground and suffered two broken bones below the knee. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
An employee was driving a baggage-tugging vehicle when it collided with another baggage-tugging vehicle, nearly head-on. The two vehicles came to rest parallel to each other, with the employee's leg caught between them. The employee suffered a broken femur that required hospitalization.
An employee was wing-walking the right wing of an aircraft. The employee tripped over chocks on the ground, fell, and landed on their right wrist, breaking it.
On May 25, 2025, at approximately 10:42 p.m., the injured employee was standing in front of a cargo loader while another employee was operating a tug with a dolly and cargo that was to be loaded onto a passenger plane. As the operator reversed the tug, the injured employee was pinned between the dolly and the loader. The employee suffered crushing injuries to their lower legs, including a fracture to one leg and hospitalization.
An employee was operating rolling hangar doors to prepare for aircraft that were coming into the mechanic shop for repairs. The employee was trapped between the hangar door and the protruding building wall, resulting in four broken ribs, a punctured lung, a bruised liver, a fractured spine, a tear in his right shoulder, and a tear in his right knee. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
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.
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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.