# Fractures at American Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010006` · 1/1/2020 · DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 2122 North 16th Ave., Hangar 4, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 485999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a power cord from an aircraft. As he was descending the ladder, he fell to the ground and suffered two broken bones below the knee. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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