# Amputations at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021064529` · 6/3/2021 · INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 7451 Templehof Dr., INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 46241
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was dumping mail from an all-purpose container onto a culling belt. The employee was reaching with their right hand to remove a package stuck in the container while their left hand was on the bar that holds the container in place when it's turned upright to dump the contents. The container shifted and crushed the employee's left middle finger between the bar and metal frame of the container, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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