Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southwest Airlines
Start: 8/7/2021

1 amputation · 2021086639 · 8/7/2021 · Southwest Airlines

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source: Airport utility vehicle-powered

Employer

Name: Southwest Airlines
Location: 10701 Lambert International Boulevard, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63145
NAICS: 481111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling and guiding a baggage cart. As he tried to attach the cart to a tug hitch, his fingertip was caught by the cart tongue and hitch. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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