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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 Captain 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
ON AIRCRAFT COCKPIT JUMPSEAT
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
13

LIFTING BAG

After parking the aircraft [REDACTED] [REDACTED] got up to get something out of his bag and as soon as he lifted his bag something popped in his back and he couldn 't move. He finished the day and couldn 't walk without assistance at the end of the day.

Strained Low back Lifting COCKPIT EQUIPMENT FLIGHT BAG

COCKPIT EQUIPMENT FLIGHT BAG

After parking the aircraft [REDACTED] [REDACTED] got up to get something out of his bag and as soon as he lifted his bag something popped in his back and he couldn 't move. He finished the day and couldn 't walk without assistance at the end of the day.

Job description
Pilot Captain
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 #
133091
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:10:00.000
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.