# Amputations at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2017087964` · 8/18/2017 · SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 136-40 Springfield Boulevard, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NEW YORK, 11413
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a machine when one of the employee's fingers was caught and amputated between two machine rollers.

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