Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at United Airlines
Start: 5/23/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054888 · 5/23/2025 · United Airlines

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
Source: Airport utility vehicle powered
Secondary source: Vehicle or mobile equipment failure

Employer

Name: United Airlines
Location: IAH - George Bush Intercontinental Airport, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS: 488111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee turned off a pushback tractor at a gate, put it in neutral, and put the emergency brakes up. The employee then exited the tractor and noticed it was rolling forward toward the aircraft. The right side of his body was wedged between the tractor and the aircraft nose. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung.

Source

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