# Crushing injuries at Quantum Aviation Services
> OSHA SIR `2019066494` · 6/27/2019 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Quantum Aviation Services
- **Location:** Orlando International Airport, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working inside the belly of an aircraft to dislodge a 6,000-pound container. He reached down to release a lock on a container and his thumb was crushed between the container and the lock. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*