# Amputations at UNITED AIRLINES INC
> OSHA SIR `2022032013` · 3/4/2022 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## 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:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED AIRLINES INC
- **Location:** Ground Service Equipment Building, 5300 Riverside Drive, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an overhead door. The door activated and rose, and the chains that lifted it caught the employee's fingers. The employee suffered a finger amputation.

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