# Amputations at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064770` · 6/11/2021 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 3300 AIRPORT ROAD, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 11, 2021, an employee was hooking a dolly up to a tug hitch. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the dolly tongue handle and tub hitch. The finger was amputated.

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