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OSHA Injury Report: Delta Air Lines - DCA

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Delta Air Lines - DCA in 1 Aviation Cir, WASHINGTON, DC 20001 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rAMP AGENT in scheduled Air Transportation.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Delta Air Lines - DCA
Parent company
Delta Air Lines Inc.
Street
1 Aviation Cir
City
WASHINGTON
State
DC
ZIP
20001
On-site location
Ramp

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Handling - Bag Belt to Cart

What happened

On the inbound [REDACTED] flight DL356 at [REDACTED] around [REDACTED] Employee sustained an injury to the left wrist while connecting a bag cart to the bag tug. The injury occurred as he pulled the bag cart with the right hand into position and used the left hand to twist the tow hitch into a locked position. During this process Employees left wrist made a distinct crack pop sound. Within minutes Employee experienced extreme pain and could no longer bear weight on the wrist. The pain is noticeable only when twisting or bearing weight on the left wrist with no discomfort in a neutral position.

Injury or illness

Strained Muscle Body Part Wrist

Object or substance involved

Hitch

Summary line

Strained Muscle Body Part_Left_Wrist_Lifting Holding_Hitch

Employee and industry

Job description
RAMP AGENT
SOC code
43-5011 — Cargo and Freight Agents
NAICS code
481111 — Scheduled Air Transportation
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
287
Total hours worked
573760
EIN
580218533
Establishment ID
903066
Employer case #
12

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23FEB24:18:43:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.