# Amputations at UNITED AIRLINES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087819` · 8/20/2016 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Airplane-jet or turbine engine
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED AIRLINES INC.
- **Location:** TERMINAL A, NEWARK INT'L AIRPORT (EWROZ), NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a transportation driver who was catering a flight. He directed his coworker to secure the catering carts in her truck while he closed the aircraft door. When he proceeded to lower the handle of the aircraft door, his right pinky finger was caught between the handle and the hinge of the handle, amputating his fingertip.

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