# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Delta Air Lines
> OSHA SIR `20241211074` · 12/2/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by door, gate, window
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Airplane powered fixed wing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Air Lines
- **Location:** 3950 South Terminal Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the cargo door of an aircraft when the door closed on their left thumb. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of the thumb.

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