Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170900864 - Employee Injured When Pinned By Ramp Tug At Airport
Accident: 170900864 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/02/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126115633 | 12/03/1997 | 4512 | Delta Airlines | ||||
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on December 2, 1997, Employee #1, an associate customer service agent for Delta Airlines, became pinned between a moving jetway and ramp tug #29008 at the Los Angeles International Airport. He was transported by paramedics to Centinela Hospital, where the emergency room staff diagnosed a dislocated lumbar joint on the left side and a separation of the cartilage between the pubic bones. Employee #1 underwent a series of surgeries for these injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
airport, spine, pinned, back, caught between, dislocated, hip, cart, towmotor
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 126115633 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Occupation not reported |