# Amputations at United States Postal Services
> OSHA SIR `2017010662` · 1/21/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Services
- **Location:** 1800 James Jackson Pkwy, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30369
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a flat automated calling system machine and over-the-road container when the container shifted, catching her left hand between the container and a dumper restrain bar. She suffered a left ring finger amputation and fracture.

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