# Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified at The Boeing Company
> OSHA SIR `2025077352` · 7/28/2025 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Boeing Company
- **Location:** 375 Airlift Drive, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78226
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

In the flight line area, an employee was on a work stand platform conducting repairs to an aircraft. While transitioning to another location, he stepped over another employee and lost his balance.  The employee reached for the railing to catch themselves, fell, and tore his right bicep. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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