# Amputations at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016021657` · 2/23/2016 · SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 28081 Marguerite Pkwy, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, 92690
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was parking a truck on the dock. As he lifted the electronic dock with his right hand, the lift gate came down and fractured his right ring finger, causing a partial amputation.

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