Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221412166

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.

Event
Aircraft, Face, Fall, Fracture, Head, Tripped
NAICS
492210
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345536452
Employer profile
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.
Summary number
221412166
Report ID
0950644

Event description

Employee trips and falls on aircraft cargo deck, resulting i

Investigation abstract

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on August 2, 2021, an assistant chief pilot for United Parcel Service Co. was conducting a final check of cargo on an aircraft's cargo deck. While navigating between the cargo, the employee tripped and fell, striking his face on the deck surface, which is covered with multiple casters for cargo movement. Passengers provided immediate assistance, and paramedics transported the employee to Kaiser Permanente in Ontario. He sustained multiple facial fractures that required hospitalization and subsequent surgeries.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Event type
    4
    Occupation code
    226

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