Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southwest Airlines
Start: 5/23/2019

1 amputation · 2019055219 · 5/23/2019 · Southwest Airlines

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Airplane-jet or turbine engine

Employer

Name: Southwest Airlines
Location: 2702 Lovefield Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75235
NAICS: 481111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading an approximately 550-pound cargo box onto an aircraft when his finger was caught between the cargo and the aircraft's cargo bin door, resulting in a left pinky fingertip amputation.

Source

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