# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2015040627` · 4/6/2015 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 500 Busse Rd., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge an airline shipping container that got stuck while transferring freight via elevator equipment from the airplane cargo to a truck. He climbed onto the elevator and got his left middle finger caught on the elevator, amputating his left middle finger at the first digit below the nail.

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