# Crushing injuries at AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC
> OSHA SIR `2016010058` · 1/5/2016 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC
- **Location:** Miami International Airport, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33122
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a bar (a hitch) attached to a cart when the employee's right index fingertip was crushed between the bar and cart.

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