# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2018076873` · 7/10/2018 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1 Hog Island Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coupling a dolly to a tug. The dolly rolled and the employee attempted to quickly connect the dolly and the tug. The employee's left index finger was then partially amputated at the top.

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