# Fractures at AMERICAN AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2016076004` · 7/5/2016 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN AIRLINES
- **Location:** JFK AIRPORT, HANGAR #10, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the cockpit of a plane when his hand was crushed by a falling battery, breaking several fingers and requiring surgery.

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