# Amputations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2017065350` · 6/12/2017 · DETROIT, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cages, cage racks
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 1401 W. FORT ST., DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 48233
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer at the dock. As the employee was unloading two wire cages from the trailer, the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the two containers resulting in a fracture, loss of the fingernail and amputation of the fingertip.

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