# Amputations at USPS
> OSHA SIR `20191212676` · 12/10/2019 · ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
## 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 7601 Blue Water Rd., ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 87121
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a machine. The rollers caught him and amputated his left thumb.

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