# Amputations at USPS/ Buffalo PNDC
> OSHA SIR `2023021391` · 2/13/2023 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS/ Buffalo PNDC
- **Location:** 1200 Williams St, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14240
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving the recycle room with an electric pallet jack while walking behind the pallet jack. The employee pushed open the swinging doors with the pallet jack when their hand was struck and pinched between the door and the pallet jack handle. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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