# Amputations at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022010680` · 1/23/2022 · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 1001 E. Sunset Road, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 89199
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At 11:40 p.m. on January 23, 2022, an employee was sorting parcels at a mail sorting machine. A large package came through the machine and landed on the employee's right hand, amputating the ring fingertip.

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