# Fractures at American Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212014` · 12/18/2017 · DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 2122 North 16th Ave, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking down the stairs of an aircraft stand, an employee slipped around the mid-level step, fell onto his tailbone, and slid to the bottom step. He was hospitalized with a back fracture and possible herniated disc.

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