DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS—
Sky Chefs, Inc.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sky Chefs, Inc., 200 E Touhy Ave., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60016 on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Neck and back.
Final narrative
An employee had provided catering to an airplane and was preparing to descend the elevated box truck. They walked out of the rear door and fell 15 feet to the ground sustaining injuries to the neck and back.
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Sky Chefs, Inc.
A catering team had just finished serving an aircraft and were participating in training tasks. The truck box was lowered when it was stopped midway, approximately 10-12 feet off the ground. The back door was opened and the injured employee fell to the concrete below, resulting in two wrist fractures.
DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS—
Sky Chefs, Inc.
An employee was switching out a motor during a repair service when the motor fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a fracture and amputation to a finger.
DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS—
Sky Chefs, Inc.
An employee was setting up wheel chocks on the tire of an aircraft. The vehicle that was going to be used to load catered food onto the aircraft deployed its stabilizing outriggers. The outriggers crushed the first digit of the little toe on the employee's left foot.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Sky Chefs Inc.
An employee fell approximately 10 feet out the back of a truck while loading food carts on a plane, impacting the ground and suffering an injury.
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