# Amputations at American Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042133` · 4/20/2015 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wheelchairs-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33299
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 20, 2015, an employee was loading a powered wheel chair weighing approximately 400 lbs into the cargo bay of a 757 aircraft and got his left pinky finger caught between the wheel and the frame of the wheel chair resulting in the amputation of the pinky fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*