# Amputations at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2019055219` · 5/23/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Airplane-jet or turbine engine
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** 2702 Lovefield Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75235
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an approximately 550-pound cargo box onto an aircraft when his finger was caught between the cargo and the aircraft's cargo bin door, resulting in a left pinky fingertip amputation.

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