# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018021400` · 2/10/2018 · CAPAC, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mailboxes
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 102 West Mill St., CAPAC, MICHIGAN, 48014
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail via an automobile. As the employee was closing a mailbox with her right index finger, the vehicle began to slide due to snow resulting in amputation of her right index finger.

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