# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018088180` · 8/9/2018 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Desks
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 135 Grand Street, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06701
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were lowering a desk to the ground when the desk fell, crushing one of the employee's right index fingers between the bottom of the desk and a metal floor-mounted outlet box. As a result, his right index fingertip was amputated between the nail and first knuckle.

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