# Fractures at Airbus Helicopters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010558` · 1/16/2025 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and shoulder
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Parking blocks or barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** Airbus Helicopters, Inc.
- **Location:** 2701 N. Forum Dr., GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75052
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving work for the day. While talking with a co-worker at their vehicle in the company parking lot, the employee stepped over an elevated structure on a parking curb when their foot got caught on the edge of the structure. They fell forward and into a chain link fence, striking a fence post with their head and neck area. The employee suffered a broken shoulder and broken bones in their neck.

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