# Amputations at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043402` · 4/2/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 12400 President's Court, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32220
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to close a flatbed trailer door. He stepped off a two-step ladder he had used to reach the door's handle. As he lowered the door, his middle finger was caught between the bottom of the handle and the top of the ladder, causing the amputation of the finger from the first knuckle.

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