Fractures

Name: Fractures at Worldwide Flight Services Inc.
Start: 8/26/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024087870 · 8/26/2024 · Worldwide Flight Services Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Airport utility vehicle powered
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Worldwide Flight Services Inc.
Location: Building 151 Cargo Area A, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was at the scale station and was struck by bag tug that was backing up to connect the tug hitch to the dolly tongue. The employee was pinned between the dolly and the tug, resulting in a fractured femur that required surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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