# Amputations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20201211889` · 12/21/2020 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-live roller
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 3560 S. Dixie Dr., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving packages across a roller conveyor system when his finger was pinched between the rollers and the package he was handling. This resulted in partial amputation of his right middle finger.

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