Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at G.A.T.-Airline Ground Support, Inc., 8500 Essington Ave, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19153
on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
As bags were unloaded from an aircraft, an employee was removing the bags from the belt loader and placing them onto a baggage cart. The employee's safety vest got caught in the belt of the belt loader and pulled him down. The employee was hospitalized with a torn muscle in his right arm.
On April 19, 2024, an employee was walking on a ramp while returning from her lunch break when she tripped on the forks of a forklift, falling onto her right knee and suffering an injury that required hospitalization.
On May 8, 2023, an employee was driving a baggage loading tractor (tug) when the tug struck a set of chocks and the employee was thrown to the ground. The employee suffered head injuries.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 488119)
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 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 walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.