# Amputations at Menzies Aviation (USA) Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032459` · 3/18/2023 · TAMUNING, GUAM
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Menzies Aviation (USA) Inc.
- **Location:** 770. E Sunset Blvd, TAMUNING, GUAM, 96913
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wing walking an aircraft onto a taxiway. As the employee began to disconnect the towbar that connected the aircraft to a tractor, the employee's finger was pinched between the pin and the ring connecting the towbar to the tractor, resulting in amputation.

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