# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2018065515` · 6/6/2018 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 4420 Imeson Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32219
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving irregular carts (in a train format) to the end of a conveyor system and crushed his left pinky finger between two carts. The pinky (from the knuckle up) will be amputated.

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