# Fractures at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `20221211121` · 12/23/2022 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal C Newark, New Jersey 07114, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the top deck of a mobile stair unit, trying to access the main cabin door of an airliner, when a baggage tug began to pull the stair unit away. The employee lost his balance and fell from the top of the unit sustaining multiple broken bones and contusions.

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