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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 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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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feet SourceStairs, steps-indoors

An employee was walking down the stairs to leave the office for the day. The employee tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in bruising and pain in his knee.
Bruises, contusions Knee(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines Inc.

NAICS488119 EventNonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified SourceAirport utility vehicle-powered

An employee was driving a baggage tug in a tunnel in an airport terminal. The tug struck a concrete pillar, and the employee suffered a compound fracture below the left…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceFloor, n.e.c.

While walking down a jet bridge, an employee slipped on the wet surface, fell, and sustained a broken right arm.
Fractures Arm(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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UNITED AIRLINES INC.

NAICS561599 EventNonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified SourceAirport utility vehicle-powered

An employee was driving a golf cart around a stationary aircraft. A baggage tug struck the employee and his cart; the employee suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a…
Fractures Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 EventFall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway SourceAirport utility vehicle-powered

An employee was driving an electric cargo tractor back to his station. The tractor was pulling an empty luggage cart. While taking a sharp right turn, the employee was ejected…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines Inc. dba United Airlines

NAICS488119 EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceFloor, n.e.c.

An employee was walking through a bay in an airport building. An airplane in the bay had just been coated with de-icing fluid, which was dripping onto the floor…
Fractures Upper and lower limb(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines Inc. dba United Airlines

NAICS488119 EventFall on same level due to tripping over an object SourceParking lot-paved

On 10/11/2018 at 6:00, an employee was receiving an airplane when she tripped over a chock, falling to the pavement and breaking her left wrist.
Fractures Wrist(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines Inc.

NAICS561599 EventPart of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident SourceAirport utility vehicle-powered

An employee was driving a baggage tug to pick up bags from a default belt when the employee hit a pole outside the bag room. The employee's left foot…
Fractures Ankle(s) Hospitalized
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United Airlines, Inc.

NAICS481111 EventCaught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified SourceAircraft unspecified

An employee was performing routine maintenance on an aircraft and amputated the right index fingertip while attempting to position a cable.
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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United Airlines Inc.

NAICS481111 EventStruck by swinging part of powered vehicle SourceAirplane-jet or turbine engine

An employee was manually closing the passenger door of an aircraft because the door's hydraulics were broken when his right pinky finger was caught between the door and the…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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