# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at U. S. Postal Service (USPS), Petaluma P&DC
> OSHA SIR `2024021152` · 2/6/2024 · PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service (USPS), Petaluma P&DC
- **Location:** 1150 N. McDowell Blvd., PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, 94999
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a tilting machine. The machine pinched his left middle fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.

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