# Amputations at American Airlines Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021982` · 2/29/2020 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** American Airlines Inc.
- **Location:** Terminal 8 (C-Concourse-Bag Room), JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a baggage conveyor system clutch and checking the drive belt when the employee's glove was caught and their left hand was pulled into the machine's pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger.

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