# Fractures at FEDEX GROUND
> OSHA SIR `20201211528` · 12/9/2020 · BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX GROUND
- **Location:** 6833 W. 75TH ST, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a large package from a trailer onto an extendable conveyor belt. He glove was caught in a pinch point on the belt and pulled in, causing fractures and lacerations to his right middle and ring fingers.

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