# Amputations at The Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society
> OSHA SIR `2015063900` · 6/19/2015 · ELMIRA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society
- **Location:** 96 Eldridge Park, ELMIRA, NEW YORK, 14905
- **NAICS:** 712120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A summer employee was tasked with weed whacking brush on a hill at the amusement area.  He slipped while mowing the hill and severed the tips of three toes.  He was hospitalized where surgery was performed to repair the toes.

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