# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service P & D Center
> OSHA SIR `2015063731` · 6/17/2015 · ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service P & D Center
- **Location:** 400 Creske Av, ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN, 54474
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a powered pallet jack through a set of dock doors with his hands on the outside of the handle. The dock doors closed crushing the middle, ring and pinky fingers on his left hand resulting in an amputation of the pinky fingertip.

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