Incident date: 2024-07-29
NAICS industry code: 488119

An employee was helping to hook up a baggage cart to a baggage tractor. The baggage tractor drove in reverse and the employee's left middle finger got caught between the hitch and the tow arm of the baggage cart, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle  powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high