# Amputations at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017021391` · 2/11/2017 · MARION, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 143 Front Street, MARION, MASSACHUSETTS, 02738
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving mailbox keys from a safe when the safe door closed on and partially amputated his right pinky finger.

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