# Amputations at UPS Customer Center
> OSHA SIR `20221210529` · 12/2/2022 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Customer Center
- **Location:** 3300 Airport Drive, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was pushing an air container with another employee in the ball mat area. The air container hit the stop plate, causing the container to shift and crush the injured employee's left ring finger against a metal support beam. The finger was amputated.

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