System Studies & Simulation, Inc.

An employee was working underneath a 2-foot section of piping that was attached to a forklift. As the forklift was lowering the piping into the ground, the forklift became unsteady and the rear wheels lifted off the ground. The forklift started to tip forward but did not overturn. The mast of the forklift struck the employee causing a fractured arm, fractured ribs, and a back injury.

An employee was offloading scrap metal when the semi-truck with a dump trailer tipped over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized for head injuries and a laceration to their hip.

On September 10, 2022, an employee was vibrating poured concrete. A concrete boom truck's right front stabilizer sank into the ground; the truck tipped, and its boom struck the employee. The employee sustained multiple fractures, dislocations, abrasions, contusions, strains/sprains, and lacerations to multiple body parts, as well as a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was sitting on a forklift with his seatbelt on. The forklift he was operating was stuck in the yard, so another forklift had hooked a chain to his forklift and was attempting to pull it loose. The forklift then turned over on its side and the employee's foot was caught underneath it, fracturing the foot.

Two employees were mowing vegetation under a powerline with a mulching machine. Due to the rough terrain, the machine had to be pulled out with a winch that was on the machine. The winch cable broke, causing the machine to roll onto its side with one employee inside. The employee injured his back and was hospitalized.

Two employees fell from an access bridge while entering an aircraft to perform maintenance. They landed on the ground about 20 feet below, where one of them lost consciousness. One employee sustained a fractured knee and another employee sustained a back strain/sprain. Both employees were hospitalized.

An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

On September 11, 2025, an employee was lowering a railing system on an aircraft fueling cart when his gloved right ring finger was caught in the folding railing system, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization and surgical reattachment.

An employee was working at ground level when an aviation engine cylinder weighing 30 pounds fell from a seven-foot high shelf and struck the employee on the head. The employee suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.