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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

American Airlines

Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at American Airlines, Terminal 8, JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11430 on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.

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.

Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Airport utility vehicle powered

American Airlines

During installation of one of the wheel assemblies, the injured employee was working to align the brake disc to the wheel keyways. Another mechanic was applying pressure to the wheel in the install direction. When the alignment was achieved and the wheel slid on, the injured employee's left thumb was caught between the brake disc and the wheel keyway. Approximately inch of the thumb tip was severed, without bone loss.

AMERICAN AIRLINES

An employee was driving a tug when it collided with a second tug. The employee's left leg was broken.

American Airlines

An employee was preparing to remove the nose landing gear (NLG) assembly. The employee removed the nut from the connecting pin, which links the lower drag brace to the NLG assembly. As the employee was pushing the pin with their left hand and pulling it out of the connection hole with their right hand, the NLG assembly released and swung aft, amputating their left middle fingertip.

American Airlines

An employee was loading cargo when they experienced abdominal pain and were hospitalized with a hernia.

AMERICAN AIRLINES

An employee was stepping out of a conveyor belt when she lost footing and fell to the ground. She suffered a broken leg.

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Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Owl's Head Alloys West Point

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

Champion Feeders, LLC.

An employee was riding a four-wheeler while moving cattle into another pen when they were thrown off the vehicle and landed on the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their upper arm, pelvis, and right leg.

PepsiCo Bottling Group, LCD

An employee was moving a stand-up powered industrial truck from a warehouse to a service area. During a turn on a slight decline, the vehicle's steering chain broke and the vehicle spun. The employee fell off the vehicle and landed on his right knee, breaking his fibula.

Scheuermann Excavating, Inc.

Two employees were operating a paving machine at approximately 1 mile per hour. The paver made a sudden turn, that threw the injured employee off balance. He reached for the handhold next to him and missed, falling 6 inches off the platform to the ground. The adjustable handle for the wing on the paving machine went between his left-hand fingers with the full weight of his body. The employee suffered a closed fracture of the fourth metacarpal bone in his hand.

POI Aviation Incorporated

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.

Quantum Aviation Services LLC

An employee was unloading shipping containers from an aircraft when they suffered heat exhaustion and were hospitalized.

Ground Services International

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.

Worldwide Flight Services

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.

Worldwide Flight Services

At about 3:45 a.m. on June 13, 2025, an employee was hooking up dollies before an aircraft landed. His right middle finger was pinched between a dolly tongue and a hitch connector, and he suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

VILLAGER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.