# Amputations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2016076141` · 7/8/2016 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 3900 CROWN ROAD SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30303
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standup tram that tows mail carts when the employee's right pinky finger was caught between a tow bar and the connection area. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated at the first joint.

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