# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `20171110655` · 11/5/2017 · KENNER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** 900 Airline Hwy, KENNER, LOUISIANA, 70065
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on top of jet bridge stairs near a lift used for transporting items (bags, strollers) to the ground. The lift malfunctioned and fell approximately 9 feet to just about 1 foot from the ground. The employee fell from the platform onto the lift and rolled onto the concrete, suffering a broken collarbone, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a cracked vertebra.

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