# Amputations at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2015129595` · 12/18/2015 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** 27300 E 98th Avenue, DENVER, COLORADO, 80249
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing an air filter in the cabin of an aircraft.  The employee cleaned dust off the fan blades and amputated the left hand ring and middle fingertips on the fan blades.

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