# Amputations at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098209` · 9/16/2022 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
- **Location:** 13701 SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr. Boulevard, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34987
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just completed a lock out/tag out of a machine and was activating the equipment to check and track the conveyor belt. The employee's hand was struck by the belt and his right index, middle, and ring fingers were caught in the unguarded belt and pulley. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, and he sustained fractures, contusions, and lacerations to his right middle and ring fingers.

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