# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `20181010859` · 10/21/2018 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 1683 W. 19th St., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were moving containers on tugs. An employee was connecting one dolly to another when the tongue of the dolly fell, resulting in an amputation of the employee's right ring fingertip.

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