OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221471642

PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.

MANCHESTER, NH· 2021-12-10T00:00:00

Event: Airline, Airplane Tug, Back, Belt, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Spine, Steering Wheel
NAICS: 481111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345693261
Employer profile: PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.
Summary number: 221471642
Report ID: 0111700

Event description

Employee fractures ribs and spine when pinned by PIT

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on December 10, 2021, an employee was operating am airline baggage tug/powered industrial truck (PIT) when for unknown reasons he became pinned between the tractor's steering wheel and a belt loader. The employee incurred fractures to his ribs and spine and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Event type
6

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