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OSHA Injury Report: MDW-FLIGHT OPS

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at MDW-FLIGHT OPS in CHICAGO, IL 60638 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pilot First O in scheduled Passenger Air Transportation.

Establishment
MDW-FLIGHT OPS
Parent company
Southwest Airlines
Street
5700 S. CICERO AVE.
City
CHICAGO
State
IL
ZIP
60638
On-site location
RAMP AREA INSIDE SAFETY ZONE
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

WALKING AROUND DURING PREFLIGHT

During preflight walk around stepped over plowed snow on ramp and stepped on patch of ice that I didn 't see. Slipped did not fall. lower back tightened up and spasmed immediately.

Strained Low back Slipped ICY GROUND

ICY GROUND

During preflight walk around stepped over plowed snow on ramp and stepped on patch of ice that I didn 't see. Slipped did not fall. lower back tightened up and spasmed immediately.

Job description
Pilot First O
SOC code
53-2011 — Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
NAICS code
481111 — Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1268
Total hours worked
1397154
EIN
741563240
Establishment ID
959461
Employer case #
124274
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
6:45:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:20:18:00

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