Incident date: 2019-11-24
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was attaching a tow bar to an aircraft when he noticed it was not lined up properly. He stopped the tug and exited the tug to tend to the tow bar. The tug then lurched forward pinning the employee between the tow bar and the hatch to the front landing gear. The employee sustained a fractured left forearm and a fractured sternum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate