# Crushing injuries at United Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098211` · 9/6/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** De-icing Pad by Hangers, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the back of catering trucks to check food seals before the food was loaded onto planes. The employee was between two trucks when the truck in front reversed, crushing the employee's legs between the two trucks.

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