# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2022020974` · 2/1/2022 · MONROE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 2600 Booth Street, MONROE, LOUISIANA, 71201
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading boxes into a truck when a box broke and a metal item fell out of the box and onto the employee's big toe, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization and amputation.

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