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OSHA Injury Report: Delta Air Lines - EWR

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Delta Air Lines - EWR in Terminal B Ste. 16, NEWARK, NJ 7114 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was bW CSA RFT GP in scheduled Air Transportation.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Delta Air Lines - EWR
Parent company
Delta Air Lines Inc.
Street
Terminal B Ste. 16
City
NEWARK
State
NJ
ZIP
7114
On-site location
Gate/Ticket/Terminal

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
28

Before the incident

Bag Handling

What happened

EE was working at Bag Drop position with Movable belt while lifting and placing bags behind counter position (for customers with 7 bags) since belt could only process 2 bags at a time felt sharp pain for brief moment. EE had to lift and put the bags behind to get weight and tags for everyone and felt pain while moving the bags. It was quick sharp pain EE felt for brief moment but felt severe pain [REDACTED] and reported to the Leaders next day.

Injury or illness

Strained Muscle Body Part Back Lower

Object or substance involved

Bags - Passenger

Summary line

Strained Muscle Body Part Bi-Lateral Back Lower Lifting Carrying Bags - Passenger

Employee and industry

Job description
BW CSA RFT GP
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
481111 — Scheduled Air Transportation
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
181
Total hours worked
361688
EIN
580218533
Establishment ID
903059
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
18:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:18:33:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.