# Amputations at Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020022930` · 2/28/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 6640 NW 22nd Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33122
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing the lock on a container when a coworker pushed the adjacent container while his hand was still on the lock. His right index finger was caught between the container and the floor, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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