Colleen Coates died on the job, she was an employee with the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, employees killed on the job in Charlotte are on the rise
Colleen Coates is the employee at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that died on the job in Charlotte, NC. Colleen died in September 2026. Sadly her brother died in July 2026.
Colleen started her job at the airport in December 2023. Colleen cleaned American Airlines planes and other airline planes too. Colleen was on a jet bridge and became over heated. She then passed out and died on the job.
Other employees witnessed Colleen die. There have been so many employees killed on the job. Union airport workers protested and complained that airport workers get inadequate pay, unaffordable health care, and have to endure unsafe working conditions.
Even a Siemens employee was killed on the job, a number of other employees at different companies also died on the job. Colleen was a mom and leaves behind adult children.
