# Fractures at AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC
> OSHA SIR `20221110036` · 11/15/2022 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **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:** AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC
- **Location:** Miami International Airport, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33122
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a tug on the service road. When he turned right, the tug struck an aircraft chock and then struck a belt loader that was parked at a gate. The employee was ejected out of the tug and struck the ground, sustaining a broken femur and tibia, and a laceration to the left leg.

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