# Fractures at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2016032086` · 3/9/2016 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** 4600 International Gtwy, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving carts out of the way to connect a bag cart to a tug. One of the carts hit a seam in the concrete, and the cart's tong arm swung around and hit the employee's arm, fracturing it.

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