# Amputations at AAR AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020021108` · 2/3/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** AAR AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** 5300 NW 36TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33166
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing/troubleshooting a portable pressure washer whose belts were seizing up. His right hand was pulled into a nip point between the belt and pulley causing a partial amputation of his right middle finger. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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