# Amputations at FedEX Ground
> OSHA SIR `20191010564` · 10/9/2019 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEX Ground
- **Location:** 14300 Townsend Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19154
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right thumb was caught in a belt plate on a conveyor belt. The thumb was amputated.

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