# Crushing injuries at UNITED AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2016087205` · 8/4/2016 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED AIRLINES
- **Location:** TERM C, NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling baggage containers when his right-hand middle finger was crushed by two aluminum baggage containers.

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