# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at UPS Ground Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076166` · 7/10/2024 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Conveyors roller, wheel
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Ground Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 N. Hicks Road, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60074
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading packages into a trailer. They were pushing in the roller assembly when it became unlatched from the dock. As the roller set moved away from the dock, employee's left little finger got pinched between the hand bar of the rollers and a stationary bar. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

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