OSHA Injury Report: Delta Air Lines - SFO

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Bag Handling

What happened

On [REDACTED] around [REDACTED] EE was working inbound [REDACTED] flight. During that time the agent was assisting with offloading the cargo from the aircraft. The EE stated that there was a very heavy cargo PMC pallet (fish shipment) that was being offloaded from the [REDACTED] onto the [REDACTED] transporter. The EE tried to use the momentum of the PMC coming off the [REDACTED] rollers by pulling it on the [REDACTED]. Once the EE grabbed the nets on the shipment and began pulling it he immediately felt a strain in his whole lower back. The agent attempted to work through the pain and worked the outbound [REDACTED]. EE stated that the pain got worse as he was trying to push the ULDs onto the [REDACTED] for the outbound flight. RICE was implemented.

Injury or illness

Strained Muscle Body Part Back Lower

Object or substance involved

Cargo Freight

Summary line

Strained Muscle Body Part Bi-Lateral Back Lower Pulling Cargo Freight

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.