# Amputations at Worldwide Flight Services
> OSHA SIR `2021032510` · 3/24/2021 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rollers
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Flight Services
- **Location:** 2201-A SE Evangeline Thruway, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been conducting ramp operations using a roller bed to load air freight. While folding the roller bed for storage, his left hand was caught between sections and his left index finger was crushed. The employee was hospitalized and the left index finger was surgically amputated.

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