# Cuts, lacerations at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
> OSHA SIR `2018065973` · 6/18/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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