# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024053780` · 5/1/2024 · NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Cutting handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 525 ROYAL PARKWAY, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 37230
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up the edge of a conveyor belt when the belt cutting tool jumped out of its track and then returned to the track. This caused the injured employee's hand to slip, resulting in partial amputations to his left index and middle fingers.

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