# Amputations at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2016031955` · 3/4/2016 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 10650 Factory Shop Blvd., GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39501
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left little fingertip was pinched by a carry aid that opened as it was being unloaded from a truck. The fingertip was surgically amputated.

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