Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201506557 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Cargo Loader

Accident Summary Nr: 201506557 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/03/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307342626	05/16/2006	4581	488119	Southwest Airlines Co

Abstract: At approximately 4:27 p.m. on May 3, 2006, Employee #1, a ramp agent with Southwest Airlines, was unloading baggage from an aircraft. After unloading three pieces of luggage from the aircraft cargo bin, he attempted unsuccessfully to close the cargo bin door from the ground. He then moved a belt loader back a few feet, placed it in neutral, and set the parking brake (but failed to chock the wheels), and closed the bin door. The belt loader then moved and pinned Employee #1 against the aircraft. He was hospitalized at Alameda County Medical Center for a lacerated liver, three bruised ribs, abrasions on his back and upper left thigh, and upper back and shoulder strain.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, AIRPORT, LIVER, BACK, LACERATION, ABRASION, RIB, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307342626			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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