# Amputations at Shultz Industries
> OSHA SIR `2015118370` · 11/6/2015 · LAFAYETTE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Shultz Industries
- **Location:** Eagle Landing Towhouses, LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, 80026
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mowing a townhouse property when the mower became clogged. He attempted to remove leaves from the shoot with his hands. The mower was still running at the time. He sustained a partial middle finger amputation.

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