# Amputations at Fed Ex
> OSHA SIR `2018099686` · 9/19/2018 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Fed Ex
- **Location:** 347 Metroplex Rd., NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading pallets from an aircraft onto a dolly when his right index finger was caught between a pallet and the dolly lock, resulting in an amputation of his fingertip. He was hospitalized.

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