# Amputations at U.S.P.S.
> OSHA SIR `20191212632` · 12/9/2019 · TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S.P.S.
- **Location:** 1100 Town and Country, TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI, 63017
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to close the jammed back door to a postal delivery truck. His left middle finger was caught between the two panels of the door and was amputated to the first knuckle.

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