# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016054525` · 5/23/2016 · NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7075 Cross County Road, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29418
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On or about May 23, 2016, an employee was moving a mail rack when her hand was smashed between the rack and a concrete column. Her right pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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