# Amputations at S.W.A.T. Pest Control of Northwest Florida, Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015052584` · 5/28/2015 · PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** S.W.A.T. Pest Control of Northwest Florida, Corporation
- **Location:** 2060 Sherman Avenue, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a lawn mower on a mower jack with the safety device on. The employee grabbed the safety device and pulled it out causing the lawn mower and jack to lower, catching his left ring finger under the jack. The fingertip was amputated.

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