# Amputations at UPS Customer Center
> OSHA SIR `2023054588` · 5/23/2023 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Customer Center
- **Location:** 10610 American Dr., AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79111
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the tarmac at an airport, taking packages off the belt of a loader. The tip of her right ring finger was amputated and she was hospitalized.

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