# Amputations at United Parcel Service Buffalo Hub
> OSHA SIR `2022042910` · 4/1/2022 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service Buffalo Hub
- **Location:** 1907 James E Casey Drive, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14206
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been sorting small packages. The employee's hand was caught in a pinch point on a conveyor belt. Two of the employee's fingers were partially amputated.

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