# Fractures at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2022043523` · 4/24/2022 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Airport runways
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** 6000 Airport Cir., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34243
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a belt loader. He fell between the loader and an aircraft, hitting the pavement and suffering a broken neck vertebra and a head laceration.

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