# Amputations at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021076351` · 7/30/2021 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1124 Pacific Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68108
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift when their right index and middle fingers were caught between the frame of the forklift and a guardrail, resulting in fingertip amputations.

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