# Fractures at Swissport DFW
> OSHA SIR `2025021575` · 2/17/2025 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle  powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Swissport DFW
- **Location:** Gate D14, DFW Terminal D, 2333 International Pkwy, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping load cargo containers into a plane cargo hold when a container became stuck. They pushed the container when their left foot got caught between the lifting mechanism as the platform lowered, crushing their foot. The employee suffered five broken bones in the base of their foot.

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