# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2019011144` · 1/31/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 12400 Presidents Court, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32220
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer full of packages with his co-workers while his left hand was resting on the rollers. His left ring finger was caught between the two rollers when his co-workers pushed back the roller section, resulting in the amputation of his left ring fingertip without bone loss.

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