# Amputations at Signature Flight Support Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020021355` · 2/11/2020 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Signature Flight Support Corporation
- **Location:** 574 Hangar Lane, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78406
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to attach a ground power unit (GPU) to the rear hitch of a tug. As the employee was pulling the tongue of the GPU, his left hand was caught between it and the hitch of the tug. The employee suffered an amputation of a fingertip to the first knuckle.

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