# Amputations at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20171211438` · 12/1/2017 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 14650 Sante Fe Trail Dr, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a cart filled with large and heavy packages when the employee's right hand was pinched between the cart frame and a handrail. The employee's right pinky fingertip was surgically amputated.

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