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Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

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
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