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United Airlines

NAICS488190 Event Overexertion while materials moving by hand Source Luggage, suitcases

An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.
Hernias Abdomen unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines

NAICS481111 Event Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. Source Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping

An employee was offloading a new boom lift from a transporter truck. As the boom lift s rear wheels reached the tail lift of the truck, the tail lift broke…
Fractures Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Exposure to environmental heat outdoor Source Heat environmental

On 6/22/2025, an employee was working on the ramp at the airport and was loading bags. The employee was hospitalized with a heat-related illness.
Effects of heat unspecified BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
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Interstate Utility Services, Inc

NAICS237110 Event Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery Source Other semi, tractor-trailer

…He exited the cab and moved to the left side of the combo unit where the airlines and trailer controls are located. He secured a pin between the gooseneck and…
Fractures Trunk and other lower extremities Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee was downloading bags off an aircraft. Upon exiting the cargo compartment, and while climbing down the steps of the belt loader, the employee lost her footing, slipped, and…
Fractures Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee was driving a luggage tractor on the ramp area when the vehicle struck a dip in the ground that caused the wheels to come off the ground and…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Hospitalized
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Delta Airlines, Inc.

NAICS488119 Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source Vehicle trailers, trailing units

The employee was working to hook a trailer to a pickup truck. The employee was setting the trailer tongue down onto the hitch and his left hand was crushed between…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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United Airlines

NAICS488111 Event Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee turned off a pushback tractor at a gate, put it in neutral, and put the emergency brakes up. The employee then exited the tractor and noticed it was…
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Multiple trunk locations Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Fall on same level due to slip or trip Source Loading docks, dock plates

An employee was conducting training at the end of the passenger loading bridge. She tripped over the carpet of the jetway while instructing the trainee on jetway operations and fell…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Hip joint(s) Hospitalized
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UNITED AIRLINES

NAICS481111 Event Transportation incidents unspecified Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee was reversing a tug into a baggage cart to connect it when the tug did not stop and struck them in the lower trunk area. The employee was…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source Pickup truck

An employee was moving a locker from the back of a pickup truck to another truck. The employee's feet became entangled with security straps, causing him to lose his…
Intracranial injuries unspecified Brain Hospitalized
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United Airlines- George Bush Intercontinental

NAICS481111 Event Slip, trip, stumble on same level without fall Source Airport utility vehicle powered

While loading the rear cargo pit on the container loader, an employee lost his footing and his face struck the hinge of the cargo door. He was wearing glasses and…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Eye(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines

NAICS561599 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee was operating a tug and going around a parked cart when the tug struck the cart, catching their left foot between them. The employee was hospitalized with fractures…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Overexertion while materials moving by hand Source Portable stairs

An employee was pushing aircraft stairs at a hangar when they sustained an abdominal hernia.
Hernias Abdomen unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Airport utility vehicle powered

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…
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Multiple trunk locations Hospitalized
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United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running Source Airport utility vehicle powered

The injured employee was helping to move a baggage cart when they got pinned between two baggage carts and sustained a fractured rib.
Fractures Rib(s), oblique area Hospitalized
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UNITED AIRLINES

NAICS481111 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee was positioning a tug tractor next to its charging station when her left foot was caught between the tug and a pillar, resulting in a foot fracture.
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in opposite directions, oncoming Source Airport utility vehicle powered

…when the employee's vehicle was struck on the driver's side by an airline catering truck driving southbound. The employee sustained a left leg laceration requiring surgery and hospitalization.
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 EventPedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area SourceTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c

An employee was opening the back of catering trucks to check food seals before the food was loaded onto planes. The employee was between two trucks when the truck in…
Crushing injuries Leg(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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United Airlines Technical Operations

NAICS811310 EventExposure to environmental heat SourceHeat-environmental

An employee was outside inspecting new golf carts. As he was leaving to perform a technical walkaround of a plane he began feeling ill and returned to the building. The…
Heat syncope BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc. Dba United Airlines

NAICS481111 EventSlip without fall, unspecified SourceBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

An employee was stepping out of his work van when he lost his footing and sustained a quadricep tendon rupture.
Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments Thigh(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 EventMoving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway SourceAirport utility vehicle-powered

Two employees were operating baggage vehicles at the airport. One employee was driving a baggage tractor and the other was driving an electric tug. The two vehicles collided head-on…
Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Hospitalized
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United Airlines

NAICS481111 EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feet SourceMovable ladders, unspecified

An employee was descending a 5-foot ladder after changing an engine on an aircraft. The employee fell from the ladder and struck their head and shoulder on the concrete.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Hospitalized
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United Airlines

NAICS488119 EventFall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway SourceAirport utility vehicle-powered

An employee was on the top deck of a mobile stair unit, trying to access the main cabin door of an airliner, when a baggage tug began to pull the…
Fractures Nonclassifiable Hospitalized
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UNITED AIRLINES INC

NAICS481111 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceGarage doors

An employee was working on an overhead door. The door activated and rose, and the chains that lifted it caught the employee's fingers. The employee suffered a finger amputation.
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Hospitalized Amputation
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