# Fractures at United Airlines Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010663` · 1/22/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines Inc.
- **Location:** 10000 W O'Hare Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a baggage tug in a tunnel in an airport terminal. The tug struck a concrete pillar, and the employee suffered a compound fracture below the left knee. He was hospitalized.

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