# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2025010322` · 1/10/2025 · SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Waste management machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 1900 WEST REDLANDS, SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, 92403
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unloading mail into a dumpster machine. The employee's left little finger was caught between the over-the-rail (OTR) and a bar of the machine, and was partially amputated.

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