# Amputations at Solid Waste Services
> OSHA SIR `2016076443` · 7/16/2016 · COPLAY, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Solid Waste Services
- **Location:** Lehigh Valley Recycling Center, COPLAY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18037
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting grass along a hill with a self-propelled push mower. He slipped and the mower ran over his feet. The blades struck his right big toe. Half of the toe was surgically amputated.

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