# Amputations at FEDEX FREIGHT
> OSHA SIR `2018099369` · 9/11/2018 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX FREIGHT
- **Location:** 3560 S Maize Rd, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67215
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out an air bag on a trailer when the bag came free and pinched the employee's left index finger between the bag and a bracket on the trailer, resulting in a fingertip amputation to approximately the base of the nailbed.

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