Amputations

Name: Amputations at American Airlines
Start: 11/3/2017

1 amputation · 20171110600 · 11/3/2017 · American Airlines

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Scales

Employer

Name: American Airlines
Location: John F. Kennedy, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11432
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a baggage scale with two other employees. The employee was trying to obtain a passenger's ID under the scale when the scale fell onto the employee's left hand, amputating the middle and index fingertips.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown