# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015063483` · 6/8/2015 · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Office and business machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 900 E Fayette Street, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 21233
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee attempted to free a mail jam in a mail sorting device when the machine amputated his finger.

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