# Amputations at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC
> OSHA SIR `2022109433` · 10/27/2022 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC
- **Location:** 14650 SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt. While they were cleaning the grease fitting on the timing belt, the employee's finger became caught in the conveyor system, causing a partial finger amputation.

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