# Amputations at Southern Commercial Industries
> OSHA SIR `2015086212` · 8/27/2015 · ALVIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Commercial Industries
- **Location:** 1600 S. ByPass 35, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77511
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to start the commercial riding lawn mower in the manual mode.  While starting the mower, the employee's got caught in the pulleys. Half the index finger was amputated and the middle and ring fingers were amputated to the first joint.

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