# Amputations at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019010261` · 1/9/2019 · CODY, WYOMING
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1301 Stampede Avenue, CODY, WYOMING, 82414
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance work on an overhead garage door when the employee's thumb was caught in the overhead door's chain drive, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.

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