# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Delta Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087791` · 8/23/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Wheels, tire rims
- **Secondary source:** Airplane powered fixed wing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** 3600 Presidential Boulevard Suite 509, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78719
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing/repairing a plane wheel. They were putting the wheel back onto the plane when the wheel slipped and pinched their left thumb against a brake rotor. The employee's thumb tip was amputated.

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