# Amputations at Fed Ex Ground
> OSHA SIR `20161211627` · 12/14/2016 · GROVEPORT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Fed Ex Ground
- **Location:** 6840 Pontius Road, GROVEPORT, OHIO, 43125
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading small packages from a conveyor belt when his right thumb was caught and amputated between the belt and the roller.

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