# Fractures at AMERICAN AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `20171212046` · 12/19/2017 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN AIRLINES
- **Location:** JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERMINAL 8, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running wires on a 10-foot A-frame ladder when he fell from the third rung and broke his toes.

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