# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at G.A.T.-Airline Ground Support, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098615` · 9/18/2023 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** G.A.T.-Airline Ground Support, Inc.
- **Location:** 8500 Essington Ave, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As bags were unloaded from an aircraft, an employee was removing the bags from the belt loader and placing them onto a baggage cart. The employee's safety vest got caught in the belt of the belt loader and pulled him down. The employee was hospitalized with a torn muscle in his right arm.

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