Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at American Airlines, Inc.
Start: 8/23/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024087795 · 8/23/2024 · American Airlines, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple internal chest locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Struck by door, gate, window
Source: Doors rail mounted and garage
Secondary source: Industrial building

Employer

Name: American Airlines, Inc.
Location: JFK airport Terminal 5, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
NAICS: 481111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating rolling hangar doors to prepare for aircraft that were coming into the mechanic shop for repairs. The employee was trapped between the hangar door and the protruding building wall, resulting in four broken ribs, a punctured lung, a bruised liver, a fractured spine, a tear in his right shoulder, and a tear in his right knee. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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