# Amputations at FEDEX GROUND
> OSHA SIR `2022087436` · 8/22/2022 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX GROUND
- **Location:** 3530 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:00 p.m. on August 22, 2022, an employee's left hand was caught in a conveyor belt he was working next to. Three fingers on the hand were amputated.

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