# Fractures at Southwest Airlines Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024043246` · 4/14/2024 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Vehicle confined spaces  except tanks, bins, vats
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines Co.
- **Location:** 8500 Pena Blvd, DENVER, COLORADO, 80249
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished unloading baggage from inside an airliner's cargo bin. The employee exited the bin area, stood up, and then fell to the concrete ground about 4 1/2 feet below. The employee suffered a broken right hip.

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