# Amputations at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076436` · 7/22/2022 · BOGART, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 215 CONWAY DRIVE, BOGART, GEORGIA, 30622
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coupling a trailer with a ball hitch. When he repositioned himself he adjusted his hand, and the hitch dropped into place and amputated the tip of his finger.

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