# Fractures at Constant Aviation
> OSHA SIR `20191112182` · 11/24/2019 · RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Aircraft unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Constant Aviation
- **Location:** 355 Richmond Road, RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44143
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a tow bar to an aircraft when he noticed it was not lined up properly. He stopped the tug and exited the tug to tend to the tow bar. The tug then lurched forward pinning the employee between the tow bar and the hatch to the front landing gear. The employee sustained a fractured left forearm and a fractured sternum.

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