Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Quantum Aviation Services
Start: 6/27/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019066494 · 6/27/2019 · Quantum Aviation Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Containers, unspecified

Employer

Name: Quantum Aviation Services
Location: Orlando International Airport, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working inside the belly of an aircraft to dislodge a 6,000-pound container. He reached down to release a lock on a container and his thumb was crushed between the container and the lock. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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