# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20231110202` · 11/4/2023 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2036 E Landstreet Rd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a postal sorting machine. The employee was putting a rubber band on a roller when the machine amputated their fingertip, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

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