# Fractures at United Airlines Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054937` · 5/21/2018 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines Inc.
- **Location:** 50 Terminal Drive, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33315
- **NAICS:** 561599
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a baggage tug to pick up bags from a default belt when the employee hit a pole outside the bag room. The employee's left foot made contact with the pole, fracturing the ankle.

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