# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2020054981` · 5/29/2020 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1703 W 19th St, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving a cart, one pushing it and the other pulling it. They reached a point where they needed to turn, and as they did the second employee's right little finger was caught between the cart and a metal pole. The finger was amputated.

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