# Amputations at Signature Aviation and Hospitality, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043001` · 4/4/2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Signature Aviation and Hospitality, LLC
- **Location:** 1500 Perimeter Rd, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33406
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching an equipment tow tongue to a tow hitch on a tow tractor. His right index finger was caught between the tongue and the hitch and crushed, causing a fingertip amputation.

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