# Fractures at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2025077354` · 7/28/2025 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** 4330 N. WestShore Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33614
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading a new boom lift from a transporter truck. As the boom lift s rear wheels reached the tail lift of the truck, the tail lift broke, causing the boom lift to fall. As a result of the sudden drop, the employee was lifted into the air, striking several objects. The employee was hospitalized due to a fractured back and a left leg injury that required stitches.

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