CHICAGO, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: MDW
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at MDW in 5700 S. CICERO AVE. EAST HANGAR, CHICAGO, IL 60638 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ramp Agent in scheduled Passenger Air Transportation.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MDW
- Parent company
- Southwest Airlines
- Street
- 5700 S. CICERO AVE. EAST HANGAR
- City
- CHICAGO
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60638
- On-site location
- RAMP AREA BAGGAGE T POINT
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
LOADING BAGS INTO CARGO BIN
What happened
Local driver was grabbing bags from the cart to load on to belt 8 at t point When the agent grabbed a bag from the cart he twisted to put the bag on the belt and felt a sharp pain in his lower right back
Injury or illness
Strained Right Low back Lifting Baggage bin equipment Suitcase
Object or substance involved
Baggage bin equipment Suitcase
Summary line
Local driver was grabbing bags from the cart to load on to belt 8 at t point When the agent grabbed a bag from the cart he twisted to put the bag on the belt and felt a sharp pain in his lower right back
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 5,923
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 6,596,159
- EIN
- 741563240
- Establishment ID
- 1494388
- Employer case #
- 166317
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 02:30
- Time of incident
- 19:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-20
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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