Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SWISSPORT USA INC, 11000 Terminal Access Rd, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33913
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was connecting a fuel hose to a plane using a rolling aluminum staircase when a weld broke on the staircase and it collapsed into two pieces. The employee fell 4-5 feet and landed on the broken staircase. The employee sustained knee lacerations, internal bleeding, and two fractured ribs.
An employee was working to refuel a truck. While handling the fuel hose(s), she experienced pain in her stomach. After completing the task, the employee drove back to the pad and the movement aggravated her abdominal pain. The employee was hospitalized with an abdominal sprain/strain.
An airport employee was in a baggage room, loading bags onto a cart. Another baggage cart drove into the room and struck the employee, who suffered fractures to both legs and a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
An employee was building a horse stall when an unlocked roof panel swung open catching the employee's left ring finger in the hinge and amputating the fingertip.
An employee was descending a 10-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder came out from under the employee when he was about 5 to 6 feet above ground level. He fell, landed on the left side of his body, and sustained fractures to four ribs, his pelvis, and hip socket, and sustained injuries on the left side of his body. The employee was hospitalized.
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