# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at United Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032505` · 3/20/2023 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 10000 Bessie Coleman Drive, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60009
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were operating baggage vehicles at the airport. One employee was driving a baggage tractor and the other was driving an electric tug. The two vehicles collided head-on, causing the employee on the tug to sustain a concussion as well as a forearm fracture and laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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