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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015085691 · 8/12/2015 · Envoy Air, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head and trunk
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
Envoy Air, Inc.
Location
2800 North Terminal Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS
481111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were preparing to load luggage onto a plane with a belt loader. When one of the employees turned the loader on it malfunctioned. The loader jumped forward smashing the other employee between the loader and the plane resulting in fractured ribs and a jaw fracture in two places.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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