# Amputations at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054175` · 5/21/2021 · HODGKINS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1UPS Way, HODGKINS, ILLINOIS, 60525
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to readjust a pin for a chassis in a container box. The 53-foot  container dropped on his left pinky finger, crushing it and causing a partial amputation at the second knuckle.

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