# Amputations at Fedex Freight
> OSHA SIR `2016098310` · 9/2/2016 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## 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:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Fedex Freight
- **Location:** 1020 South 8th Street, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77701
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a part on a forklift mast. When a coworker pushed the shift lever, the mast shifted over two fingers on his left hand, jamming them against the mast resulting in amputation.

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