# Amputations at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021021253` · 2/10/2021 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Mailing and metering machines
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 7415 Commonwealth Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32209
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 10, 2021, an employee was performing preventative maintenance on a mail machine and removed the bottom panel. As he knelt down to retrieve mail that had fallen out of the machine, his knee gave out, causing his hand to come into contact with the machine and resulting in an amputation to the right index finger just below the first knuckle.

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