# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2020054597` · 5/18/2020 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 3300 AIRPORT ROAD, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tug when the door to the tug blew shut on the employee's finger. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the tug and the door, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

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