Amputations

Name: Amputations at United Airlines
Start: 11/27/2019

1 amputation · 20191112310 · 11/27/2019 · United Airlines

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was conducting airport ramp service operations, assisting on an offload from a cargo pit. One of the back locks on the dolly was not fully secured; the employee was securing it when the cargo pallet conveyor severed his right index finger at the first knuckle.

Source

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