# Amputations at PrimeFlight Aviation Services, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022065536` · 6/24/2022 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** PrimeFlight Aviation Services, Inc
- **Location:** 1 Harborside Dr., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02128
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rewinding the fuel line to the spool on the fuel truck after refueling an aircraft. The chain came off the sprocket when the employee tried to replace the chain. As he jogged the gear so the chain would go back onto the sprocket his finger was caught and amputated.

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