# Amputations at Airline Hydraulics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021053886` · 5/11/2021 · OCEAN VIEW, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Airline Hydraulics Corporation
- **Location:** 428 Woodbine-Oceanview Road, OCEAN VIEW, NEW JERSEY, 08230
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a winch. When the employee went to wipe the winch with a rag, the rag was pulled in, pulling their hand in as well. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

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