# Fractures at American Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2021043456` · 4/26/2021 · DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines
- **Location:** Terminal C,, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a tractor to position a bag cart closer to the bag chute of an airplane when he collided with a metal pole on the driver's side of the tractor, resulting in a fractured lower left fibula.

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