Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Worldwide Flight Services
Start: 6/13/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025065662 · 6/13/2025 · Worldwide Flight Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Vehicle and machine attachments n.e.c.
Secondary source: Vehicle hitches

Employer

Name: Worldwide Flight Services
Location: 19115 Lee Road, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77205
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 3:45 a.m. on June 13, 2025, an employee was hooking up dollies before an aircraft landed. His right middle finger was pinched between a dolly tongue and a hitch connector, and he suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Source

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