# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20191111784` · 11/12/2019 · BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 209 George Street, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25801
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a trailer to a work truck. His right middle finger was caught in the ball hitch's connection point. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

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