# Amputations at U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
> OSHA SIR `2022076660` · 7/29/2022 · ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
- **Location:** 1860 Sierra Gardens Drive, ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 95661
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier had lifted a sewer drain grate to retrieve a scanner. The grate slipped and amputated the tip of the carrier's right little finger.

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