Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Delta Airlines, Inc.
Start: 5/27/2025

1 amputation · 2025054960 · 5/27/2025 · Delta Airlines, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
Secondary source: Pickup truck

Employer

Name: Delta Airlines, Inc.
Location: 3600 Presidential Boulevard Suite 509, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78719
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was working to hook a trailer to a pickup truck. The employee was setting the trailer tongue down onto the hitch and his left hand was crushed between the trailer and the hitch. The employee sustained a laceration and an amputation to his ring finger.

Source

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