# Fractures at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2019077199` · 7/16/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** 3500 Terminal Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a semi-trailer truck. As he was repositioning a pallet, he stepped on some moisture that had accumulated and fell 4-5 feet onto the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg.

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