# Amputations at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2023010834` · 1/26/2023 · WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 8940 DuPont Road, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26181
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As another employee was performing a battery change on material handling equipment, the injured employee removed a piece of debris from the housing. The injured employee's hand was caught between the battery and the battery housing. The injured employee was hospitalized, and their right ring and middle fingers were partially amputated.

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