# Amputations at American Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087316` · 8/7/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** Terminal 5, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an LD8 (large cage for baggage) onto a cargo bed dolly. The LD8 shifted and his hand was pinned between the LD8 and the flat bed dolly, possibly amputating his left middle finger.

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