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OSHA Injury Report: DCA

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at DCA in ARLINGTON, VA 22202 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ramp Agent in scheduled Passenger Air Transportation.

Establishment
DCA
Parent company
Southwest Airlines
Street
1 AVIATION CIRCLE, TERMINAL A
City
ARLINGTON
State
VA
ZIP
22202
On-site location
RAMP AREA ALLEYWAY
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

DISCONNECTING THE TOW BAR

EE disconnected the towbar in the alleyway from the aircraft on [REDACTED] he then reached for the bypass pin and felt slight pain in the right side of his back As he was walking back to [REDACTED] he felt a very sharp pain in his back

Strained Upper back Caught in object handled Ramp T point equipment Tow bar

Ramp T point equipment Tow bar

EE disconnected the towbar in the alleyway from the aircraft on [REDACTED] he then reached for the bypass pin and felt slight pain in the right side of his back As he was walking back to [REDACTED] he felt a very sharp pain in his back

Job description
Ramp Agent
SOC code
43-4181 — Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
NAICS code
481111 — Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
260
Total hours worked
413521
EIN
741563240
Establishment ID
1494359
Employer case #
165265
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
7:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:20:37:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.