# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2020065923` · 6/25/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 5101 Trabue Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to move a cart that was blocking an automated guided vehicle from its designated stop. The cart started to move and the employee's finger against a pole, amputating the underside of the finger.

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