# Fractures at PIEDMONT AIRLINES DBA U.S. AIRWAYS EXPRESS
> OSHA SIR `2016065808` · 6/28/2016 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PIEDMONT AIRLINES DBA U.S. AIRWAYS EXPRESS
- **Location:** Kansas City International Airport - American Airlines Ramp, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64153
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an aircraft pushback vehicle. The vehicle began to "buck" and the employee struck her head on the windshield, suffering facial cuts and bruises and a spinal compression fracture. She was hospitalized.

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