# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2022108747` · 10/5/2022 · MESQUITE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 4200 Samuel Blvd, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75149
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a sprocket and chain for a system that moved carts. As he adjusted the nut, the chain came loose and partially amputated his left ring fingertip.

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