# Amputations at FedEx Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054085` · 5/10/2022 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 1965 Terminal Ct, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling freight off a trailer with a pallet jack when the freight shifted and fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a ring fingertip amputation.

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