MIAMI, FLORIDA—
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC
Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC, Miami International Airport, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33122 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple leg locations, n.e.c. .
Final narrative
An employee was driving a tug on the service road. When he turned right, the tug struck an aircraft chock and then struck a belt loader that was parked at a gate. The employee was ejected out of the tug and struck the ground, sustaining a broken femur and tibia, and a laceration to the left leg.
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