# Fractures at United Airlines Inc. dba United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2019010711` · 1/21/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chemical products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines Inc. dba United Airlines
- **Location:** O'Hare International Airport, Building 710, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through a bay in an airport building. An airplane in the bay had just been coated with de-icing fluid, which was dripping onto the floor. The employee slipped on the accumulated fluid and fell, suffering a broken right arm and a broken right femur.

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