Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142516.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while offloading cargo p

Accident Summary Nr: 142516.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1547563.015	08/10/2021		481112	Worldwide Flight Services Inc

Abstract: At 11:30 p.m. on July 9, 2021, an employee working as an air cargo agent for an air freight service was offloading cargo pallets from an airplane. The employee was unlocking the cargo pallet locks manually with his hands. A coworker moved an adjacent cargo pallet pinching the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated index finger.

Keywords: Aircraft, Airplane, Airport, Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Delivery Work, Finger, Freight, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1547563.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Baggage porters and bellhops

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