# Amputations at DHL Express
> OSHA SIR `2017053988` · 5/2/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Express
- **Location:** 501 10th Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10018
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for items that spilled out of a box on a moving conveyor belt when two of the employee's fingers were caught and crushed in the belt. The two fingers had to be medically amputated.

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