# Amputations at FedEx Ground Package System Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021032070` · 3/9/2021 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground Package System Inc
- **Location:** 3901 Adler Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75211
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a package jam when the tip of his little finger was caught between a belt and a transition plate. The finger was lacerated and the fingertip was amputated.

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