# Amputations at Fedex Express
> OSHA SIR `2019010997` · 1/28/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Fedex Express
- **Location:** 2001 W Howard Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading boxes from a conveyor belt when his left hand contacted the belt while it was moving and was then caught under the conveyor plate, resulting in the partial amputation of two left-hand fingers.

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