Incident date: 2015-07-04
NAICS industry code: 481111

On 7/4/15, at about 9:40 p.m., an employee was walking beside a push back vehicle while pushing back an aircraft. While the employee disconnected aircraft from the push back vehicle, the tow bar fell and peeled the skin back on the employee's left ring finger. The employee was hospitalized for a fracture and required surgical reconstruction of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate