# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Southwest Airlines Co.
> OSHA SIR `2025087812` · 8/7/2025 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Airlines Co.
- **Location:** 4100 George J Bean PKWY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling bags and placing them onto a conveyor belt. The employee's glove was caught by the conveyor belt and their hand was pulled into the belt, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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