# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2019010115` · 1/4/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 7808 Image Cove, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78730
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when a dog bit off the employee's left pinky fingertip, causing an amputation from the knuckle up.

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