Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Airlines Inc., 3500 North Terminal Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77205
on , Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating an aircraft push tractor in reverse to go from one gate to the next. While passing a parked belt loader vehicle, the push tractor and the operator's upper body made contact with the conveyor boom of the parked belt loader vehicle. The employee sustained rib fractures, a non-displaced T5 fracture, a right pneumothorax, a periaortic hematoma, and a sternum fracture. The employee was hospitalized.