OSHA Injury Report: Delta Air Lines - DFW

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Connect Disconnect

What happened

The employee was hooking up a tire cart to the logistics vehicle when the tire cart pinched the employee 's right-hand thumb midway between the knuckle and joint of the finger resulting in a laceration that required stitches. The event happened while the employee utilized their right hand to pull the tire carts tounge to the hitch while the employee 's left hand was on the hitch to release it from the lock position. As the tounge came into the position the hitch failed to release causing the right hand to be pinched between both the tounge and the hitch resulting in a laceration under the employee 's glove. Restricions

Injury or illness

Laceration Cut Finger Thumb

Object or substance involved

Hitch

Summary line

Laceration Cut Right Finger Thumb Caught In On Between Hitch

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.