# Amputations at American Airlines
> OSHA SIR `20231110089` · 11/1/2023 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines
- **Location:** JFK International Airport, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was supervising the loading of an aircraft and attempting to loosen a stuck pallet when his finger was caught and severed. The employee's left ring finger sustained an amputation.

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