# Fractures at UNITED AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2020043209` · 4/8/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED AIRLINES
- **Location:** 3500 N TERMINAL RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a luggage cart in the drive lane. Another cart approached from the opposite direction; the employee swerved and made contact with a parked luggage cart. The parked cart's spring-loaded hitch detached and struck the employee, breaking the employee's ribs.

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