# Fractures at JetBlue Airways Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015074322` · 7/4/2015 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** JetBlue Airways Corporation
- **Location:** 9101 Jeff Fuqua Blvd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*