# Avulsions, enucleations at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2017065678` · 6/21/2017 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** 330 Metroplex Rd, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a regional jet truck when his left ring finger was crushed between a safety hard stop and the frame of a catering box that fell, separating the finger skin from the bone.

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