Mesa, AZ —
OSHA Injury Report: Mesa Gateway Airport Authority
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mesa Gateway Airport Authority in Mesa, AZ 85212 resulted in other recordable case. Industry: Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mesa Gateway Airport Authority
- Parent company
- Mesa Gateway Airport Authority
- Street
- 5835 S. Sossaman Road
- City
- Mesa
- State
- AZ
- ZIP
- 85212
- On-site location
- Gate 49
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
THE EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING AN AIRCRAFT
What happened
AFTER CLOSING THE FUEL CAP THE EMPLOYEE TURNED TOWARD THE FUEL TRUCK AND OBSERVED THAT THE FUELING NOZZLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. WHILE WALKING TOWARD THE TRUCK AND TROUBLESHOOTING THE NOZZLE THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT OBSERVE THE ROTATING PROPELLER IN PERIPHERAL VISION. THE EMPLOYEE’S HEAD CONTACTED THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE PROPELLER JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT TEMPLE.
Injury or illness
HEAD INJURY RESULTING FROM CONTACT WITH A ROTATING PROPELLER. THE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL EVALUATION AT AN URGENT CARE FACILITY.
Object or substance involved
AIRCRAFT PROPELLER
Summary line
Head Injury
Employee and industry
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 488119 — Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 125
- Total hours worked
- 215603
- EIN
- 742712930
- Establishment ID
- 921564
- Employer case #
- 103
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:00
- Time of incident
- 16:37
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 29JAN26:21:53:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.