# Amputations at FedEx
> OSHA SIR `2020043571` · 4/18/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
- **Location:** 4901 Village Creek Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76119
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading boxes onto a trailer. The conveyor belt caught the employee's left middle finger, partially amputating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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