# Amputations at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2021086639` · 8/7/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** 10701 Lambert International Boulevard, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63145
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling and guiding a baggage cart. As he tried to attach the cart to a tug hitch, his fingertip was caught by the cart tongue and hitch. The fingertip was amputated.

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