Federal Aviation Administration

An employee was on a ladder replacing lights on an ATC tower. He slipped off a rung of the ladder and fell to the ground, sustaining broken ribs.

An employee was walking from the terminal to the rental car area when they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a fractured knee. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was descending a fixed ladder on the back of an antenna inside a radome. He fell from the ladder to the radome deck about 12 feet below. He suffered a broken heel and a broken rib.

An employee was working from the back of a truck when he slipped and fell from a height no greater than 4 feet. He suffered a back compression fracture.

An employee was investigating a noise in an HVAC duct-system. He located a suspect auxiliary blower unit, deenergized it, and then went to retrieve tools. He returned to the blower after approximately 10 minutes. The fan/belt/pulley were slowly rotating even though power had been isolated. The employee removed a cover so he could press a tool against the belt to bring the blower to a stop. While reaching for the tool, his hand slipped into the pulley/belt resulting in an amputation to the right index finger from the base of the nail to the end of the finger. Also, the top third of the right middle finger was degloved.

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

An employee was working as a fire watch. The employee was exposed to anhydrous ammonia and was not able to see while climbing down a ladder due to eye irritation. The employee fell and was hospitalized for a broken ankle.

An employee was working from a ladder and adjusting a spreader guide roller with a T-handle Allen wrench. The employee came into contact with an electrical junction box/wires, was shocked, and fell off the ladder to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right-side rib, a puncture in the right lung, and an electrical shock burn to the right palm.

An employee was on a 10-foot ladder, working to insulate 24-inch piping that was 12 feet above the ground. The pipe jack/steel tube used to raise the pipe slipped, causing the steel tube to strike the employee's face. The impact caused the employee to fall off the ladder and sustain fractures to their left tibia and fibula.

An employee was on a rooftop, supervising the lifting of a 30' x 30' structure manufactured from I-beams. The employee was knocked to the ground and the suspended load settled on them. The employee sustained a head injury, loss of an eye, and fractured ribs.

An employee turned off a pushback tractor at a gate, put it in neutral, and put the emergency brakes up. The employee then exited the tractor and noticed it was rolling forward toward the aircraft. The right side of his body was wedged between the tractor and the aircraft nose. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung.

An employee was removing cable from a rigid conduit using a wire tugger. The device lifted up off the floor and the employee tried to push it back down. The employee's right hand was caught in the mule tape on the motor, amputating the index, middle, and ring fingers, and partially amputating the little finger.

An employee was on a ladder replacing lights on an ATC tower. He slipped off a rung of the ladder and fell to the ground, sustaining broken ribs.

An employee was leaving their vehicle to place cones on the street for traffic control. A car struck the employee, who suffered a broken cheekbone. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was descending a fixed ladder on the back of an antenna inside a radome. He fell from the ladder to the radome deck about 12 feet below. He suffered a broken heel and a broken rib.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.