# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20161211556` · 12/12/2016 · APOPKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 3000 Coarcona Rd, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32703
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the bulk-head door of a package car when his finger was caught in the door, amputating his right middle fingertip.

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