# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019076974` · 7/10/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 11600 Irving Park Rd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 10, 2019, an employee pressed the button to raise a dock plate, but the dock plate did not lift all the way on the left side. He went to raise it by hand and it fell, pinching his left hand between the plate and the dock resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip.

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