# Amputations at Fed Ex Ground Package Systems
> OSHA SIR `2019088927` · 8/28/2019 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## 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:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** Fed Ex Ground Package Systems
- **Location:** 1675 Airport Road, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was team lifting a large package onto a tugger cart when he lost his grip on the package and his left hand slipped down. His left middle finger was then caught between the package and the steel frame on the cart.

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