# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
> OSHA SIR `2025065358` · 6/5/2025 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle  powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
- **Location:** 6000 N TERMINAL PKWY, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30320
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 5, 2025, an employee was walking between baggage carts attached to a tug when the tug began driving forward. The employee was dragged for a short distance and sustained a dislocated shoulder, a displaced fracture to his arm, and a fractured knee with a shattered kneecap.

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