# Amputations at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `2019032889` · 3/19/2019 · BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** 8451 Willard Dr., BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18031
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching over a conveyor belt when a tear in the belt caught her glove, dragging her finger between the belt lacing and head roller. She suffered an amputation to the right middle fingertip.

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