Incident date: 2025-05-23
NAICS industry code: 488111

An employee turned off a pushback tractor at a gate, put it in neutral, and put the emergency brakes up. The employee then exited the tractor and noticed it was rolling forward toward the aircraft. The right side of his body was wedged between the tractor and the aircraft nose. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle  powered
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate