# Fractures at American Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077693` · 7/28/2019 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 NW 42nd Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33126
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking an unsecured tow bar connected to a push-out tractor and an aircraft when the tow bar fell onto his right big toe, causing a fracture that required surgery.

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