# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2018099777` · 9/20/2018 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Rollers
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 8901 Atlantic Ave., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a top screen of rollers off a chute when he dropped the rollers. His middle finger was then pinched between the falling rollers and more rollers that were below, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

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