# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017098628` · 9/8/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2310 Maynard Jackson Parkway, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30320
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the slack on a mail sorting machine conveyor belt that was moving slowly when his right index finger was caught and amputated between the belt and pulley.

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