# Fractures at United Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2017010718` · 1/26/2017 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Airplane-jet or turbine engine
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines
- **Location:** Newark Liberty International Airport, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was closing the main cabin door of a twin-engine jet airliner and caught their fingers between the door and the handle fracturing the third and fourth digits on the left hand.

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