# Amputations involving bone loss at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20241010133` · 10/30/2024 · SUNBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 990 U.S. Hwy 158, SUNBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, 27979
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On October 30, 2024, at 6:30 AM, an employee was operating a vehicle lift gate when his right foot became caught in the gap between the platform of the lift gate and the truck. The employee was hospitalized with open fractures in the foot that resulted in the amputation of his third and fourth toes.

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