# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019066177` · 6/19/2019 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1300 E. Northwest Hwy., PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60095
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a dock operating a high-low forklift when a bulk mail cart (BMC) started rolling towards him.  He extended his right arm in an attempt to stop the BMC and his right middle finger was pinched between the BMC and his forklift, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

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