Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Start: 6/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065973 · 6/18/2018 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Location: Terminal 2, Lambert International, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63145
NAICS: 561599
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An airport ramp agent was trying to connect a cart and hitch when his left little finger was caught between the tongue of the cart and the hitch. He suffered a bad cut and was hospitalized. He was wearing a glove at the time of the incident.

Source

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