# Amputations at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `20191112310` · 11/27/2019 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** Newark Liberty Intl Airport 1 Terminal C,, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting airport ramp service operations, assisting on an offload from a cargo pit. One of the back locks on the dolly was not fully secured; the employee was securing it when the cargo pallet conveyor severed his right index 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*