# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20201211400` · 12/4/2020 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 2100 North Hicks Road, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60074
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left middle finger was caught between a slide and a roller bar. The fingertip was amputated.

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