Incident date: 2022-12-23
NAICS industry code: 488119

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 stair unit away. The employee lost his balance and fell from the top of the unit sustaining multiple broken bones and contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate