# Fractures at Worldwide Flight Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087870` · 8/26/2024 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle  powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Flight Services Inc.
- **Location:** Building 151 Cargo Area A, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the scale station and was struck by bag tug that was backing up to connect the tug hitch to the dolly tongue. The employee was pinned between the dolly and the tug, resulting in a fractured femur that required surgery and hospitalization.

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