Department of Labor obtains decision in Newark Liberty International Airport incident
NEWARK, NJ – A federal administrative law judge has affirmed safety violations against United Airlines related to a 2021 incident at Newark Liberty International Airport in which a 737’s tire crushed a technician’s foot as they worked with one of the company’s towing crews.
The decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on April 23, 2024, agreed with the citation issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violating the general duty clause and its proposed $14,502 penalty, the maximum amount allowed at the time of the citation.
The commission’s action follows an OSHA investigation into how the technician’s right foot was crushed on Nov. 24, 2021, leading to the employee’s hospitalization and amputation of five toes. Agency investigators determined United Airlines violated federal regulations by failing to follow…
