Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Fort Worth	Tx	Bell Flight	Forehead	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was manually engaging the ground handling wheels for a helicopter. He lost his grip on the tool, which struck him above the right eye.
2021-06-04	Jackson	Ms	PHI Health, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was loading a patient on stretcher into the back of a helicopter when the stretcher collapsed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the stretcher and the ground, resulting in amputation.
2021-05-24	Fort Drum	Ny	System Studies & Simulation, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport
An employee was preparing an inoperable AH-64 Apache Helicopter for tractor-trailer removal from the training area. During the process, the helicopter rolled on its side and caught the employee's left leg underneath it resulting in a fractured tibia, fibula, and ankle.
2021-05-21	San Francisco	Ca	U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Leg(s)	Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
An employee was rappelling from a helicopter when he fell to the ground, resulting in a broken leg.
2021-01-28	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	Bell Textron Miami Inc.	Knee(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was loading a helicopter into a 40 ft. ocean shipping container. The employee kneeled on a razor blade lodged in a piece of foam, resulting in a laceration of the right knee.
2020-01-07	Galliano	Louisiana	Bristow U.S. LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was performing maintenance checks on the tail rotor of a helicopter. While on the ladder doing visual inspections, the employee fell 6 to 8 feet, landing on the ground. The employee suffered fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, and a fractured left arm.
2019-03-19	Kirtland Afb	New Mexico	M1 Support Services	Forearm(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working on a helicopter engine when he slipped and fell on the engine firewall, lacerating his left forearm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2018-03-07	Blair	Wisconsin	Henkels and Mccoy Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
An employee was hanging on a long line from a helicopter, clipping in travels on the arms of a transmission mono pole, when the helicopter maneuvered the employee into a three-phase distribution line. The employee suffered an electrical shock to the hip and buttocks, and later required amputation of the left arm from the elbow.
2017-05-30	Stratford	Connecticut	SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on a fairing step of a Blackhawk helicopter installing an armored wing. The employee slipped and fell 21.5 inches to the concrete hangar floor resulting in a concussion.
2016-08-19	Yukon	Oklahoma	Pacific Architects and Engineers, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was part of a crew moving a helicopter from the ground to a flatbed truck using a crane. The employee intended to step from the helicopter to the truck bed. He lost his footing and fell to the ground, suffering a severe head injury that required hospitalization.
2016-08-03	Johnstown	Pennsylvania	PA Army National Guard	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by aircraft or propeller
An employee was ground handling a helicopter on the aircraft flight line. He was walking beside the helicopter when the helicopter wheel rolled over his left foot, ankle, and lower leg, causing compound fractures to his tibia and breaking bones in his foot. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
2016-03-21	Fort Rucker	Alabama	URS	Multiple body parts	Other in-flight crash due to mechanical failure
An employee was engaged in helicopter flight training for the US Army. The helicopter lost engine power and crashed. The employee suffered three fractured vertebrae, a fractured sternum, broken teeth and abrasions to the elbow and knee.
2015-11-13	Alpine	Texas	Yarborough Ranches, LP	Multiple body parts	Other in-flight crash into structure, object, or ground
An employee was counting deer while conducting a wildlife survey from a helicopter. The helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain. The employee broke their right femur and ankle, and possibly fractured three vertebrae.
2015-11-13	Alpine	Texas	Concho Aviation, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Aircraft incident
An employee was hospitalized with injuries sustained during a helicopter crash.
2015-10-22	Orogrande	New Mexico	U.S. Border Patrol	Nonclassifiable	Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
On 10/22/2015, at approximately 3:45 pm, while on BORTAC Training, an agent fell approximately twenty-five feet from a helicopter. He was taken to the hospital and admitted. The extent of his injuries is unknown at this time.
2015-10-05	Parkston	South Dakota	Agland COOP	Multiple body parts	Aircraft incident
Three employees were in a helicopter that crashed at the company parking lot at or near 214 East Highway 44 in Parkston, South Dakota. The employees suffered head and leg injuries. 3 hospitalized.
2015-05-21	Stratford	Connecticut	SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
On or about May 21, 2015, at approximately 1:15 a.m., an employee was injured when a 4,000-pound cart carrying a helicopter transmission rolled over the employee's foot. The employee sustained a deep laceration, resulting in stitches, and a few fractured toes.
2015-02-06	Houma	Louisiana	Offshore Specialty Fabricators	Wrist(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working on an offshore barge and fell while trying to connect a hook to a lowered boom of a crane. The employee braced his fall with his hands, fracturing his right wrist. The employee was taken to the hospital by helicopter to receive treatment. A cast was placed on the employee's right wrist and he was kept overnight for observation.