# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020043313` · 4/11/2020 · WITTENSVILLE, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 3027 N US HWY 23, WITTENSVILLE, KENTUCKY, 41274
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee suffered a partial amputation to the right thumb while closing a magnetic safe.

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