Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Airlines, Inc., 2100 NW 42nd Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33126
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was holding a chain, believing it to be the railing of a widebody loader. The loader bed was raised, and the employee's left hand was caught. Part of the index finger was amputated.
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.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
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