# Amputations at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2017065919` · 6/28/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
- **Location:** 7800 AIRPORT BLVD., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually pulling a baggage cart, using the hole in the cart tongue to guide it to a baggage tug hitch, while a coworker was pushing the baggage cart from behind. As the baggage cart tongue came into contact with the tug hitch, the employee's left hand was caught between the tongue and hitch, amputating the pinky finger at the root of the nail and lacerating the ring finger.

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