# Amputations at United Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054770` · 5/16/2018 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Aircraft unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 9809 Tradeport Road, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on an aircraft and amputated the right index fingertip while attempting to position a cable.

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