# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
> OSHA SIR `2024021288` · 2/10/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
- **Location:** 7800 AIRPORT BLVD., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was instructing an agent on the spacing of an airplane catering truck when she slipped off the front bumper of the truck, extending her arm to brace herself for impact with the pavement. The employee suffered a dislocated and broken wrist with nerve damage.

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