Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southwest Airlines
Start: 7/28/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023076856 · 7/28/2023 · Southwest Airlines

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Southwest Airlines
Location: Tampa International Airport, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling a cart to connect with another cart when the ring of the brake bar crushed the employee's middle finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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