# Amputations at FedEx Freight
> OSHA SIR `2016098998` · 9/22/2016 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight
- **Location:** 470 Joe Orr Road, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a dolly from a trailer when the dolly kicked up and smashed the employee's right thumb.

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