# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2023021167` · 2/6/2023 · PALATINE, 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:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 2100 North Hicks Road, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60074
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving packages from a line. An irregular metal package with nylon mesh on it came down the slide and crushed the employee's finger, causing a partial amputation including the loss of the nail.

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