# Amputations at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032570` · 3/26/2021 · HOLMEN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** 520 Northstar Road, HOLMEN, WISCONSIN, 54636
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching to pull a cardboard box stuck in a conveyor belt transition plate. The employee's right index and middle finger were caught in the transition plate, causing the amputation of the index fingertip.

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