# Amputations at American Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2016109552` · 10/10/2016 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines
- **Location:** Building 79 North Boundary Road, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a net from underneath an airline metal pallet (PMC) when the cargo pallet broke and fell from a forklift onto the employee's thumb, amputating it.

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