# Amputations at United Airlines Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043736` · 4/19/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Airplane-jet or turbine engine
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines Inc.
- **Location:** O'Hare Airport, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually closing the passenger door of an aircraft because the door's hydraulics were broken when his right pinky finger was caught between the door and the body of the aircraft, amputating his fingertip.

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