# Amputations at American Airlines
> OSHA SIR `20171110600` · 11/3/2017 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scales
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines
- **Location:** John F. Kennedy, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11432
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a baggage scale with two other employees. The employee was trying to obtain a passenger's ID under the scale when the scale fell onto the employee's left hand, amputating the middle and index fingertips.

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