# Amputations at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `2020098651` · 9/11/2020 · BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** 989 Belmont Street, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02301
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured on September 11, 2020, while pushing down on the support arm of an unloading device while a second employee was cranking it up. The injured employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

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