# Amputations at FEDEX GROUND
> OSHA SIR `20191011087` · 10/24/2019 · BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX GROUND
- **Location:** 6833 W. 75TH ST, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading packages from a trailer when the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the trailer and an extendable conveyor, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

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