# Amputations at Delta Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2019099764` · 9/18/2019 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Airplane-powered fixed wing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Airlines
- **Location:** Technical Operations Dept 208, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30354
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to install a main landing gear when his finger was caught between the gear lube and trunnion lube, resulting in left middle and ring fingertip amputations.

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