# Fractures at Piedmont Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2024054603` · 5/25/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, nasal cavity
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ramps, inclines
- **Secondary source:** Wheel chocks, blocks
## Employer
- **Name:** Piedmont Airlines
- **Location:** 4501 Abbott Dr, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68110
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished loading bags onto a plane when they tripped over a chock and fell, striking their nose and jaw on the belt loader corner and breaking their nose.

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