# Amputations at United Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098758` · 9/12/2017 · TAMUNING, GUAM
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 355 CHALAN PASAHERU, TAMUNING, GUAM, 96931
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a baggage cart from another baggage cart when the upper portion of the receiver hitch dropped and crushed the tip of their right index finger partially amputating it.

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