# Amputations at Southwest Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2023076856` · 7/28/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines
- **Location:** Tampa International Airport, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a cart to connect with another cart when the ring of the brake bar crushed the employee's middle finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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