# Amputations at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `20181010462` · 10/10/2018 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** 8008 Herb Kelleher Way, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75235
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a baggage cart when it struck a belt loader. The employee suffered a broken left radius and ulna, damage to the left elbow and left shoulder, and an amputation of the left little finger at the first knuckle.

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