# Amputations at FEDEX FREIGHT
> OSHA SIR `2019043567` · 4/5/2019 · SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX FREIGHT
- **Location:** 3951 NEW TOWN BOULEVARD, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, 63301
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a trailer door when freight that was against the door amputated his left middle fingertip.

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