# Fractures at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2025021530` · 2/16/2025 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
- **Location:** 8400 Pena Blvd, DENVER, COLORADO, 80249
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the tarmac and conducting safety checks on an aircraft, when they slipped on ice and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.

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