# Fractures at AMERICAN AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2021021672` · 2/24/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN AIRLINES
- **Location:** O'HARE AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Pre-conditioned air had just been hooked up from a jetway to an airplane. The air coupling broke away from the flange and struck an employee four times. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.

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