# Amputations at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20181212652` · 12/10/2018 · EARTH CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 13818 Rider Trail North, EARTH CITY, MISSOURI, 63045
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee with loading package carts onto a delivery truck when his finger was smashed between the wall and the cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated. The fingertip was later reattached.

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