# Amputations at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054472` · 5/2/2019 · VANDALIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
- **Location:** 795 Deer Run Rd., VANDALIA, OHIO, 45377
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a van using a non-energized unloading device. While lifting, the employee's finger got caught in a pinch point on the unloading device resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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