Fractures

Name: Fractures at United Airlines
Start: 1/26/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010718 · 1/26/2017 · United Airlines

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source: Airplane-jet or turbine engine

Employer

Name: United Airlines
Location: Newark Liberty International Airport, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
NAICS: 481111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was closing the main cabin door of a twin-engine jet airliner and caught their fingers between the door and the handle fracturing the third and fourth digits on the left hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown