# Dislocation of joints at American Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2023054740` · 5/29/2023 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in  nonroadway area
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines
- **Location:** 8000 Essington Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were setting up to offload an aircraft. The injured employee was standing near a baggage tractor by the right wing of the plane. A belt-loader was being driven from the nose of the aircraft to the aft when it struck the parked baggage tractor. The injured employee was pinned between the belt-loader and the baggage tractor and sustained a dislocated left knee.

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