Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.

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 was connecting dollies loaded with unit load devices (ULDs) and crushed his left ring finger between a dolly tongue and the hitch of another dolly, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

On September 21, 2024, an employee suffered a fingertip amputation when her left middle finger was caught in a closing door.

On September 16, 2024, an employee was on the ladder of a loader assisting with offloading an aircraft when they fell 10 feet from the ladder to the floor. The employee sustained fractured wrists and vertebrae.

An employee was at the scale station and was struck by bag tug that was backing up to connect the tug hitch to the dolly tongue. The employee was pinned between the dolly and the tug, resulting in a fractured femur that required surgery and hospitalization.

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.

An employee was exiting an elevator when he lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

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 unloading shipping containers from an aircraft when they suffered heat exhaustion and were hospitalized.

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 helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.