# Amputations at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017065968` · 6/29/2017 · IRONDALE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground Package System, Inc
- **Location:** 4901 Alton Court, IRONDALE, ALABAMA, 35210
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a skid from a trailer using an electric pallet jack. As he was coming out of the trailer, he turned the handle of the pallet jack to change direction. His right hand was then caught between the handle of the pallet jack and a steel pole, bruising it and partially amputating the middle finger.

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