# Amputations at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015031135` · 3/11/2015 · SHARONVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 3055 Crescentville Road, SHARONVILLE, OHIO, 45241
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee slipped while clearing a jam and reached for something that crushed his hand. His left pinky finger was amputated, and he broke and lacerated his third and fourth fingers. He was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

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