Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170175970 - Employee's foot injured when crushed in airport loader

Accident Summary Nr: 170175970 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 04/12/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111796975	04/20/1992	4512	0	United Airlines - Sfosy

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 12, 1992, Employee #1 was helping load luggage containers onto an FMC airplane loader when the loader jammed. In an attempt to get the container moving, Employee #1 climbed onto the loader's frame and put a foot between the frame and the machine's lifting platform. The operator of the airplane loader could not see Employee #1 from his position. He lowered the lift, trapping and crushing Employee #1's foot.

Keywords: LOADING, AIRCRAFT, FRACTURE, AIRPORT, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, JAMMED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111796975			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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